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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (19117)	3/11/2003 10:29:39 AM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 23153

Some routers can act as firewalls. People drive around office parks wtih antennas and laptops in their cars seeing which corporate networks they can tap into. Peope in your neighborhood may also be able to tap in. Easiest fix is after you get network running, enable security. Many people don't. Many corporations have sites running without the security enbaled. Really. Being up on 5 Ghz reduces this, because 95% of the wireless LANs are still 802.11b 2.5 GHz, so that's where hackers look.

To: kodiak_bull who wrote (19117)	3/11/2003 11:10:30 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

kb, you should also have a firewall program. I use Zone Alarm free. Any program that wants to access the internet from your PC must have your permission. ZA will alert you and you can give one-time or permanent permission. Also make sure you enable WEP encryption for wireless. Gottfried