[muglo] Re: Internet Sharing (was Telephone cord routing)
- From: Leith Peterson <leithriver7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:49:48 -0400
I don't want to go wireless. In fact, just the opposite. What I was
referring to was Eric's comment that a Mac OS 9 computer would be
less vulnerable in a wireless environment than an OS 10. I agree
that high speed is something I should look into down the road.
Leith
At 8:08 AM -0400 6/8/06, Leith Peterson wrote:
>If I was able to make the two internal modems share one modem via the
>OS 10 G4, would the iBook then be wireless in the sense of being
>vulnerable to outside tampering, or would it be wireless in the sense
>of just a connection between the two computers?
>
>Please advise. Thanks.
>
>Leith
At 8:39 AM -0400 6/8/06, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>
>Your iBook would _in theory_ be less vulnerable since it's going
>through a pretty restrictive DHCP server on the G4.
>
>HOWEVER, in practice you DO NOT have to worry about vulnerabilities,
>especially with
>Mac OS 9. Mac OS 9 is for all practical purposes INVULNERABLE to attacks!!!
>
>Eric.
At 11:52 AM -0400 6/10/06, Leith Peterson wrote:
>I've done some moving around of stuff in my office, so it looks like
>I'll now be connecting the G4 with the iBook G3, both using 10.3.9,
>with the ethernet cable. However, I am nervous about one of the
>computers going wireless for security reasons. It's not that much of
>a hassle pulling in and out the telephone cords, so perhaps I'm
>better off with the status quo for the time being.
>On 10-Jun-06, at 2:46 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>> What do you mean with the computers going "wireless"? It doesn't sound
>> like you have AirPort cards for any of them. Or do you?
>>
>> I wouldn't bother investing in a wireless network if all you're
>> sharing is a dial-up connection!!! Your outlay (assuming you have none
>> of the hardware) will be $200-300, depending on what choices you
>> make--I'd rather spend the money on a high speed internet connection
>> for a year than on a wireless network (if I had to choose).
>>
>> Eric.
>
>Heartily agree Eric, t'would simplify the whole process.
>TTFN,
>TeeC
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