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Heres a question for you... i have AV software of both my laptop and desktop and i have a wireless network so i can use the laptop in front of the TV, but i dont have my network secure. But, i'm also not sharing anything so does it matter is someone
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:07 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>Heres a question for you... i have AV software of both my laptop and desktop and i have a wireless network so i can use the laptop in front of the TV, but i dont have my network secure. But, i'm also not sharing anything so does it matter is someone wants to borrow my Internet? I figure i'msafe.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:07 am
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>thanks for jacking my thread :P Does this mean none of you PC guru's can solve my simple problem?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:07 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Mount the hard drive in another computer. Other than that, no, I don't know how. Windows prevents you from modifying files that are in use. I'm not aware of any way around that.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:07 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Secure your network. It's not hard. Just put in a WEP key, and tell the laptop to use the same. Better yet, lock down the network to only use your MAC address.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:07 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>You're probably okay, since someone has to be physically be in range to get on your network, but it is possible for someone to do bad stuff if they do get on. The fact that someone can talk directly to your computer (with no firewall in the way) means you're vulnerable.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:20 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>I had thought i replied in your thread, guess i didnt. Sorry! :)</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:21 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>But even if someone gets on my network all they can see are the computers connected, i'm not sharing my C: drives or anything... people can still get in somehow?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:33 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Sharing your drives would be the equivalent of leaving the doors wide open at your house. Sine and I are concerned with people who are trying to break the door down. You have a certain conception of what a network is, what can and can't be done, via how Windows works. There's more to it than that.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:36 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Heh...</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:42 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>Yeah, that was ultimately the question. I think the access point came with some FW software, just been too lazy to load it up. I'll probably do it tonight then.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:48 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>XP has a firewall. You can turn it on for each individual connection. I don't know how good it is - probably not the greatest - but it will probably serve your needs as long as you're always behind the router.</div>