"George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:uKmdnQErz6pOpXffRVn-tg@adelphia.com...
> The Todal wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hmmm. I'll have a go. I seem to remember that you can anyway ask your
>> computer for a list of wireless services and can then ask it to connect
>> to one, even if the default is your own one. I might be wrong. I would
>> feel a bit uncomfortable asking the neighbour to use security in case my
>> kids browse their network, because I don't know how the neighbour would
>> react to that.
> If he has any common sense he would say thank you. This is no different
> than pointing out that their back door was blowing open and closed in the
> wind while they were away.

You can easily shut a back door. I think there is a risk he would perhaps
say something like "oh, I don't understand these things, and the man from
BT/my brother/a friend of mine came in to set up my router. I wouldn't know
how to set up security. What are you saying - you can't stop your kids
accessing my system and maybe rummaging through my files or downloading
copyrighted music on my broadband connection? That worries me. I think I'd
better talk to my lawyer. And no, I don't want you fiddling with my router
and changing the settings in ways that I don't understand, thanks very much.
"