 tomkbPremium
join:2000-11-15
Tampa, FL
kudos:5 | reply to dadkins
Re: Wi-Fi is here people said by dadkins:
Wires are so last century, connectivity without wires is WAY better. I can(and do) connect at many shops in the Bay Area, to freely offered access. No need to piggyback onto someones access point illegally. 
Gotta love laptops! 
I can't believe people used to connect to the Internet with wires. Seems so silly now that I look back on it, kind of like the horse and carriage or the model T. |
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| Depends on what you do. For simply surfing the web and such it is fine as packet loss and restranmission of dropped packets really have no effect. But personally I think wireless blows and would never use it for my core use (gaming). Nor would I use it for things I think require security like online banking and online purchases. |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | said by Skippy25:
Depends on what you do. For simply surfing the web and such it is fine as packet loss and restranmission of dropped packets really have no effect. But personally I think wireless blows and would never use it for my core use (gaming). Nor would I use it for things I think require security like online banking and online purchases.
I use it every day, hell, it's all I use. When you have a latency of nil at 100', gaming is not a problem. From my router to the first hop is only 5ms, max latency from me to almost anywhere in the U.S. is 73ms...:D
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Exactly! I have helped several small companies add internet access/networks. I have always strongly advised against wireless. Not only the performance issues but more importantly security. Usually starting my laptop ends the discussion. When all the neighbors SSID's start showing up, the realization that this information, passwords or not, is not contained in the office.
This brings me to another question about this whole wireless deployment. I am not referring to subscriber wireless, like I use, but open 'hot-spot' style. The wireless network I use at home is on a separate network from the rest of my pc's. Hidden behind a firewall, SSID off, WEP Encryption, and AV software. Still, I know it is vulnerable if a hacker really gave it a try. But, why would they if cities deploy 'hot-spot' style service. Everyone with their laptops connected without even a NAT?
It seems strange that these forums argue how a 128 WEP key can easily be cracked in less than 2 weeks while others are ready to open their PC's to everyone who cares to listen.
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