Is their an advantage re security and running a WIRED router against a
WIRELEE one? (besides the obvious-no wires- i only have i PC)
--
Baz

For security a wired router is much more secure than a wireless one.

"BIGABAZ" <BIGABAZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89F9186E-4586-4AD4-AC74-5702F4F0A82F@microsoft.com...
> Is their an advantage re security and running a WIRED router against a
> WIRELEE one? (besides the obvious-no wires- i only have i PC)
> --
> Baz

BIGABAZ wrote:

> Is their an advantage re security and running a WIRED router against a
> WIRELEE one? (besides the obvious-no wires- i only have i PC)


Certainly. With a wired router, nobody can get into your network without
plugging into it. With wireless, you have to rely on security schemes and
passwords, none of which are perfect.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:49:46 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>BIGABAZ wrote:
>
>> Is their an advantage re security and running a WIRED router against a
>> WIRELEE one? (besides the obvious-no wires- i only have i PC)
>
>
>Certainly. With a wired router, nobody can get into your network without
>plugging into it. With wireless, you have to rely on security schemes and
>passwords, none of which are perfect.

I can think of a couple of ways to get into a wired router. I go
into the service closet where the drops terminate, unplug the cable
from the punchdown block to the router, then insert a short patch
cable to it, then plug in both cable to a small hub. from the hub I
can then run a new patch cable to my computer.

I could also cut the cable running from the drop to the router,
terminate both cut ends, and hook them up to a hub and run a cable
from that to my computer (I actually found this setup once while
running new cable, although we never found out who was doing it since
the cable ran to an empty, unused for some time office).

Yes, it's a lot of work in both cases, but so is hacking wireless
security......

Of course in both cases they are plugging into your network but
covertly and in ways they can hide from you.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:09:57 -0500, NoConsequence wrote:
>
> Of course in both cases they are plugging into your network but covertly
> and in ways they can hide from you.

Except that one requires physical access to the network and the other can
be done remotely.

Hacking wireless is easy, as many wireless devices are setup without
security (although vendors are changing that now).

Havking a wired network requires physical access. In most cases, for this
group, we're not talking about wiring closets, not talking about
punch-down strips, we're talking about the users Linksys router sitting on
their desk next to their ISP's router/modem.


--
Leythos
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

They were my thoughts, thinking I'd like to see him hack mine while I'm
watching him at my router up on the filing cabinet next to my desk in my
office (read spare bedroom) <g>
Joan


Leythos wrote:
>snip>
> Havking a wired network requires physical access. In most cases, for
> this group, we're not talking about wiring closets, not talking about
> punch-down strips, we're talking about the users Linksys router
> sitting on their desk next to their ISP's router/modem.