How many wireless networks where you are ?

I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?

"I know everything" <00000@00000.000> wrote in message
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>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?

I've only got one other and thats also a netgear!

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:34:13 +0000, JPD wrote:

> "I know everything" <00000@00000.000> wrote in message
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>>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?
>

4 - one unsecured.

Signal strength varies from 2% to 12%

"I know everything" <00000@00000.000> wrote in message
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>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?

8 ... and only 3 of those are secure - and one of those is ours ;o)

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I know everything <00000@00000.000> wrote:
>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?

Just because a network is marked as "insecure" doesn't mean you can
actually use it.

-- Richard

I know everything wrote:
> I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
> shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?

In St. James's, London where we have an office, my Sony laptop detects
15 WLAN's.

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:30:12 -0000, Gizmo
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> "I know everything" <00000@00000.000> wrote in message
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>>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?
>
> 8 ... and only 3 of those are secure - and one of those is ours ;o)

6 ... and only 1 of those is insecure - and that one is mine.

OTOH I know the WEP keys for some of those that are 'secure' - so they
are not really 'secure' at all, whereas doing anything with my
'insecure' WLAN would necessitate having the certificates to establish
a VPN over it (all other traffic being blocked). Given the choice,
I'd 'trust' the insecure WLANs round here far more than I'd trust the
secure ones. YMMV.

I know everything wrote:
> I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5
> networks were shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation
> where YOU are ?

In different rooms 6 but three are mine.
If I walk 50m there are another 4, all unsecured except mine.

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:59:13 -0000, "I know everything"
<00000@00000.000> wrote:

>I was quite suprised lately when I hit the refresh button, 5 networks were
>shown all but one unsecured also ! What's the situation where YOU are ?
>
Fortunately 1 unsecured one so I was still able to access the net
after moving house and not having ADSL installed :-/
Felt like Ronnie Biggs for a few weeks there!

Lee.
--
lee at w2designs dot co dot uk

If I have one flaw, it's that I'm a perfectoinist.

There are 6 wireless networks around me. All but one secure. 3 of those are
using WPA, 2 using WEP and 1 without any encryption.

Dan