-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless

  • From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:15:37 -0500

I just printed this off so I can check this out when I get home from Church 
this morning.  Thanks a heap an I will let you know what I discover.
Sandi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 11:38 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless


> Sandi,
>    Several things are going on here.
>
>    First, there is no need to have your dial-up running on order to use 
> the
> wifi for almost anything (an exemption will be explained in the next
> paragraph).  The moment your system recognizes a network connection, it
> ignores the dial-up account and connection.  you can verify this by 
> setting
> both accounts up so that they each provide a Notification Area icon that
> blinks as data travels to and from your system.  Chances are good that 
> your
> dial-up account already does this by default.  To get one for the wifi
> account, you'll need to go to Start > Control Panel and then open up the
> Network Connections applet.  OOnce it opens, right click on the top one 
> (it
> should show as "connected") and select Properties.  At the bottom of the
> General tab, you'll see two check boxes.  Make sure both are checked and
> click the OK button to set it in stone.  From that point on, you'll see 
> one
> for each and you'll be able to tell which account is bringing in the data.
>
>    Next up is your email refusing to leave until you dialed into your old
> ISP.  This is the result of heavier security put in place by most email
> servers.  My guess here is that your email program is getting the
> authentication from your ISP through the dial-up account and then sending
> the messages over the wifi, but I could be very wrong in that guess (watch
> the pretty icon lights to see if you can figure t out for sure).  It used 
> to
> be that you could use anyone's email server by first going through your 
> own,
> but that changed as Spammers started really taking advantage and clogging 
> up
> everyone's ability to take care of their own customers.  So, they put the
> lock on it that makes it necessary to Authenticate the server to ensure 
> that
> you could only sent ISP served email through their own server first.  It
> worked great for a while and many Spammers went out of business.  Then, 
> they
> figured out how to turn other computers into server 'bots'.  This means 
> they
> can sit at one computer (under a single ISP account) and command a ton of
> other computers to send out the same garbage using their own ISPs.  The 
> more
> server bots they control, the more junk they can send out and there's 
> little
> that the ISPs can do about it except for shutting down access to innocent
> users to stop the flood.  If you ever find your own email addy being 
> flagged
> as a Spammer, chances are good that your system has been hijacked into
> serving as one of these 'bots'.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>

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