Additionally, if the router is setup so that only specific mac addresses can get connected, and they are static (turn DHCP off), no ssid is broadcast the connection is even more secure. I highly doubt there would be an issue. By the time the encryption was broken, the ttl would be long dead. MIke ---- Anthony Boynes wrote: > Bill Lindley wrote: > > Alan Dayley wrote: > > > >> The clients would be doing "office" stuff like file sharing, > >> > > > > I'd be concerned about file sharing over a wireless network, because of > > the potential of corruption when airplanes fly overhead, and because > > anyone within a few hundred feet will be able to penetrate wireless > > networks even when allegedly 'secured.' At the least, do you want some > > kid in the parking lot using the office SMTP server to send spam, > > leading to the ISP shutting down the connection? > > > > Physical connections will always offer higher speeds and better security. > > > > \\/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > Thats an interesting statment about wireless security. I use WPA with a > 35 character passphrase consisting of mixed alpha, numeric, and special > characters. I highly doubt that anyone who does not know my PSK will be > able to access my data or send anything out via my router. A DoS attack > however, is something else altogether. > > > > Anthony > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Please visit http://www.iconnetworksolutions.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss