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Article #20Re: Comcast Self-install/Router Recommendation
From: Claude J Ortega
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:35
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:35
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In article <Xns96B96A7674788parcxmannetscapenet@216.196.97.136>, parcxman@netscape.net says... > Hi, <snip> > > Since there will be a high density of wireless users in the area, I need > to select a router that will provide good security. I've been looking at > the following, but I have to admit it's beyond me to decipher what's > important and what's marketting. Should I automatically eliminate any of > these? (I have an old D-link 514 in my house now, that works fine, but I > suspect security capabilites have long since passed this one up.) > > D-link 524, 624 > Netgear WGR614, WGT624, WPN824NA > Linksys WRT54G, WRT54GC, WRT54GS > > I've asked a lot in this note, so if you get this far, thanks in advance. > > Sincerely, > Bruce > Do a google search for network stumbler (freeware), running it on a wireless system will list the WAP's that are in range. Also airsnare, which will list attempts to access your WAP. -- Claude
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X-Google-Thread: 113850,616808bf66dd82b1 X-Google-Thread: fa874,616808bf66dd82b1 X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,gidfa874,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Claude J Ortega <cj-usenet-01_SPAM@comcast.net> Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable,ba.internet Subject: Re: Comcast Self-install/Router Recommendation Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:35:51 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <MPG.1d72a1a362640e8f989769@news.supernews.com> References: <Xns96B96A7674788parcxmannetscapenet@216.196.97.136> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 29