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FON Social Router

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  • #52
    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    Cheers for clearing that up as it would have kind defeated the point of free wifi router if the wifi router only allowed you to connect to an insecure hotspot.

    all happy now well done fon


  • #53
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    The whole FON thing is an interesting idea but what troubles me is the fact that any traffic going through the public part of the network can't be distinguished from other traffic passing through your net connection.

    If randomers are using the connection for dodgy/illegal purposes, that might cause some problems for the owner.


  • #54
    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,814 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    what problems can it really cause? Fon has records of who was connected through your router.


  • #55
    Dingatron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭Dingatron


    Got mine the other day and all setup fine. I do however have an issue with the amount of heat generated by the unit. Within a few minutes the device was too hot to hold and I ended up plugging it out after a few hours. Any comments from anyone regarding this. As the old Harp add goes "I could fry an egg on it".


  • #56
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Got mine yesterday and noticed that it got very hot as well. I saw something earlier where someone had taken the thing apart and managed to squeeze a fan inside the case as well but it looked like far too much effort to me.

    There seems to be quite a few orange spots showing up on the FON map of Dublin but not very many of them are also showing with the green spot to indicate that the routers are actually online.


  • #57
    Dingatron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭Dingatron


    As I said I did have it on for a few hours but I have a big issue with the heat its generating. I'll email their support and see what happens.


  • #58
    arseagon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭arseagon


    Got mine yesterday and yes it does get warm but not what I would consider overly hot. I have about 7 Access points running in my house (Various Brands) and others get just as warm.

    I am very impressed at the range of the fon. It's by far the strongest signal of all the AP's and I was using it in what is usually a bit of a black spot in the house using an atheros CM9 mini pci card in the laptop.


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