BECAUSE TEH INTARWEBZ.
Posted on 01/23/2014 7:01:10 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
As home networks have increased in popularity, so has the wireless router. The rise of Wi-Fi has also caused the downfall of wired networks (in homes, at least), and many consumers now see Ethernet cords as being rather old-fashioned – that is, if they see them at all. Some newer computer models, like Apple’s MacBook Air, don’t even have ports for Ethernet connections anymore.
The blistering connection speeds offered by today’s Wi-Fi standards do make wired networks appear a bit of a relic, but appearances can sometimes be deceiving. Though Wi-Fi has improved significantly over the last five years, it is not perfect. So is there still a place for Ethernet in the home?
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Just turn on WPA2 with a strong pass phrase.
player is WiFi yet it would stall from time to time.
Have you changed your WiFi password since then?
Why would you not just secure your wireless network?
Exactly. You can restrict access to particular MACS.
Plus the regular 64/128 bit password phrase/encryption stuff.
My AP will also stop sending the SSID nodename out, so it shows up on non-secured devices, but shows up as “UNKNOWN”
Nope. Fascinatingly enough, I actually like my neighbors, moderately. The block looks out for each other. Just this morning, after the snow, he shoveled and snowblowed my driveway after we had to be off for work. Like he does everytime it snows, for the whole neighborhood.
Another neighbor uses her Amazon Prime to place orders for anyone in the neighborhood. Another neighbor babysits our dogs for us when we are on vacation. Another neighbor does concrete work, and had a job last year where they dug up a lawn, brought us the grass as we have been landscaping the property after moving in.
I could go on. So, if they want to get on my network from time to time, I have no problem with it.
BECAUSE TEH INTARWEBZ.
Do I think wire is more secure then wireless...ah yes.. now back to writer my acl’s
Dude you can spoof a mac
Yes, it is a bit more secure, because it closes one potential security loophole completely. Sure, there are other loopholes to worry about, but now you have one less.
Yes, although your link didn’t work.
From what I understand.
Your home would have a “central control” panel, so to speak. That panel would connect either hard wired or wirelessly to the “Internet”, so you could access it from virtually anywhere.
That panel would in turn, would connect via RF signals to devices within your home. The list of devices is almost limitless, including RF tags on/with the expiration dates of the food you bought.
Controlling locks, doors, windows, lights, HVAC etc is just the first phase.
If anyone knows a way to make Arris wireless router modems work with Linux, please tell me...
We also had the house pre-wired for security cameras including a complete security system and intercom between all the main rooms.
It's much easier to do the wiring when the house is built than to try to string it through walls and floors at a later time.
When one considers that the cost is spread over the 30 year mortgage, it is worth doing especially when the house is a two story building.
We also appreciate the security of the wired connection. We are currently receiving cable TV but that will soon go away. In the meantime, we have disabled the Wi-Fi that was built into the cable modem.
I have been legally recording live over the Air for almost 10 years now so we have a huge library of TV series and programs we can watch whenever we want. Our 15 terabyte media server is available through the internet wiring and allows everyone in the house to watch a different program without any interference.
Wireless for convenience. Wired for maximum throughput, reliability, and security. Different solutions for different problems.
Sorry, Geron, I’m an old schooled hard wired windows hair brain.
Give me some cat 5 and a netgear switch and I’ll lift my vacuum cleaner as needed.
Good neighbors are truly wonderful but I hope that you do not do online banking.
I do do online banking, etc. Again, I have no concerns. I know we have become so cynical, but we review the history of who is connecting to the wifi and have no concerns.
Wow that’s one heck of a media server. Nice. mine is about 8 terabytes and around a quarter full. I buy DVD’s a few at a time and burn them to the media server. I also record TV off of Windows Media Center onto the media server. I’m actually using Windows 8 because of the Storage Spaces option that Microsoft removed from WHS 2011. It’s works great for a home server. I have an older home where parts of the 1st floor are accessible through the basement but other parts through a crawl space. Sooner or later I’ll get the guts to crawl through there with some Cat5E and do the Roku boxes but you are right about wiring the home when the house is being built.That makes sense. I’m going to drop the TV part of my FIOS package when the contract is up. Good job.
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