Re: Wireless Networking
- From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 16:09:47 -0400
Beto,
What your saying is not correct. You can have dynamic as well as static DSL
or cable addresses. It all depends on what you want to pay, as getting a
static IP address is probably going to cost extra.
Second, even with a dynamic address, you will get hacked and probed. Don't
assume just because you have a dynamic address that you are any more secure;
as the dynamic address doesn't change all that often. For that reason, I use
both a hardware and software firewall here; the hardware firewall being built
into my D-Link router. Is it overkill? Probably.
I won't post any further on this, as I know it isn't really on-topic for this
list, but I just wanted to point out that there are some potential
misconceptions here.
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beto Escobar III" <betoescobar3@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:27 PM
Subject: Wireless Networking
Hello Ptuing--
Well, if you have high speed internet access through DSL, you must be aware of
one very important thing-- your internet protocol. In DSL it is **static**,
but in cable it is **not**! Basically, with DSL, you **must** if your PC is
always on; get a firewall. The bad thing, however, if your firewall is on the
PC you wish to protect, the hackers will be attempting to break through your
firewall which is **on** your PC?!?!?!?! One of my friends who works in the
I.S. department at USAA told me what is the use of that?
As result, my wife and I went wireless, as I mentioned in the initial E-mail
which started this entire string because we wanted to use cable, and as Mike
stated at all areas of the home, (by the way we just purchased a new home) and
I did not want wires laying all over the place. We also purchase a router
which is our firewall and to say one more time-- cable is not an internet
protocol where the connection is static!
Beto
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