Belkin Soho Networking Kit / Bundle - £7.99 [CLOSED]

marvin

Roger_Rampant wrote:

I also heard that if you have wireless and don't set a password other people who live nearby can use your broadband internet connection!

Its called leaving an open network or hotspot (not one of the paid hotspots you get in places like Starbucks) and its about encryption rather than passwords.

without encryption not only can people access the Bb but they can also see what ever you broadcast via the wireless network, if they have the right equipment and a bit of know how.

ultrak3wl

MoneyWastingMe wrote:

anyone got any experiencees with SpecialReserve.. they have loads of cool things, but i dont know I have not heard of them, dont sound like our usual eBuyer, Misco, SVP....

Utter rubbish, leave them alone. I ordered an MP3 player a few years ago for my wife's present. Supposedly in stock but after three weeks it had still not come. I had phoned them several times chasing it and they gave me really stupid excuses, they actually told me their premises were in an isolated area and the supplier's truck had been unable to find them to deliver stock.

I finally got Visa to chargeback my money, Special Reserve were so cross they told me I was banned. I had to emergency-buy MP3 player at full price from Dixons so was not very happy either.

Roger_Rampant

its about encryption rather than passwords

Oh that's interesting, maybe I've misunderstood. I was told to buy one of those little aerial type things to plug in the back of my PC or my latop, then scan to see if anybody's local wireless broadband connection would let me use it, because they hadn't set a password....

Domski

Roger_Rampant wrote:

Oh that's interesting, maybe I've misunderstood. I was told to buy one of those little aerial type things to plug in the back of my PC or my latop, then scan to see if anybody's local wireless broadband connection would let me use it, because they hadn't set a password....

WEP is totally hacked. You can run progs and decrypt the key in seconds!!

Read Here For Advice

http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/050526/#story1

chrislee765

Domski wrote:

WEP is totally hacked. You can run progs and decrypt the key in seconds!!

Read Here For Advice

http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/050526/#story1

lol this is turning into a 'learn to hack' thread

Roger_Rampant

Not really. Reading that article makes me even more convinced that wired networking is better than wireless

EDIT: maybe I need to explain myself a little better here. When I moved into my current house I didn't have internet access, and one of my work colleagues pointed out that instead of paying to have broadband installed I could just spend a tenner on the aerial to plug into the back of my PC, then use somebody else's broadband service

This has nothing to do with me wanting to be a hacker, or send spam, or anything nefarious like that. It was just a work colleague suggesting a way of saving me the cost of paying for broadband myself. I could effectively surf the internet at somebody else's expense

kmhtkmhtkmht

Wired Networking OF COURSE is betta!

Wireless is Poo Poo.

I am thinking about buying one of these but will wait and see in America first as everything PC wise is cheaper there.

Roger_Rampant

Cheaper than ten quid delivered? :rolleyes:

kmhtkmhtkmht

I dunno. That is why I am thinking I should just buy it. The cables are at least 1 dollar okay you win, I'll buy it Bob.

kmhtkmhtkmht

It's only a Tenner anyways, my Dinner of 1 Doner Kebab, 1 King Rib Single, 1 Small Chips and 1 Fish Supper cost 11.20