On 11 Jul 2005 13:27:42 -0700, cmcardle75@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

>Actually, now I'm home, it is:
>Actiontec GT701-WG (Access point)

Linux based router.
http://www.nettwerked.net/actiontec.html
Looks nice.

>Edimax EW-7128G

http://www.edimax.com.tw/html/englis...s/EW-7128g.htm
Well, it claims to work with WEP and WPA. I don't have any experience
with this product so I can't be sure if it really does.

>Yes. I updated the card drivers. The access point drivers on their
>website were an earlier version than that supplied on the CD!

Sigh. Welcome to cheap.

>Unfortunately, the printer server doesn't support WPA, so even if I
>could get WPA to work, it wouldn't be ideal.

Yep. In a previous post, I mumbled something about a large company
downlgrading from WPA to WEP because of one lousy Windoze 98SE client
that couldn't seem to run WPA. Welcome to the club.

>I'm not too concerned
>about security. I have local firewalls on each computer. A complete
>total loss of my entire system would be only a minor inconvenience, so
>128 bit WEP would be fine for me. My only real concern is getting
>charged for excess bandwidth on my ADSL, which has a cap.

Well, you could sniff and graph the internet traffic and set alarms
for when it exceeds your normal useage. Not exactly an intrusion
detection system, but might be adequate.

>Christian.

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