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MoFo Steal my bandwidth???

ballooba · 2004-11-16 11:28:55

Hi, I have my Ripwave modem connected to a wireless router so that I can access it wirelessly from my room downstairs. I have WEP Shared Key security set up on the router. I'm presuming this makes the router relatively secure??? I notice that quite often when my router is unavailable that I am connected to a peer-to-peer…

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16-11-2004 12:28pm

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ballooba

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Hi,

I have my Ripwave modem connected to a wireless router so that I can access it wirelessly from my room downstairs.

I have WEP Shared Key security set up on the router. I'm presuming this makes the router relatively secure???

I notice that quite often when my router is unavailable that I am connected to a peer-to-peer connection. Could someone be piggybacking on my bandwidth??? (i.e. going [Their PC -> My PC -> My Router -> My Ripwave Modem] to use the internet).

Cheers,

Steve.

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