Re: Netgear "house wiring" Ethernet network


"Dan" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I need to connect my wife's mac laptop to our cable Internet. I have a pc
at the modem. Maybe I'm a bit paranoid, but a wireless router concerns me,
even with encryption. So I'm looking at these, a Netgear product (belkin,
others also make them) that basically turns your house wiring into an
Ethernet LAN: http://www.netgear.com/products/details/XE102.php A set of 2
(what I'd need for a connection to my wife's laptop in her office) is about
100 bucks, adding a router takes the total to ~$150. Once set, the
"transmitter" is plugged in to a wall outlet at the router, then the
"receiver" can by plugged into any house electrical outlet & you have an
Ethernet jack (though presumably the outlets must be on eht same side of
the 120 line?) I do have a concern though regarding whether or not our
signal might be propagated over the local power grid to other homes in the
area. Also, the device operates at 4 to 20 mhz. I'm guessing at these
frequencies, house wiring is not a very effective radiator, but is it
possible the signals may be broadcast under the right conditions?

TIA

Dan

The newer and preferred protocol is WPA-PSK encryption. With this much
stronger encryption, the key is rotated at user-defined intervals, so even
in the unlikely event someone hacked your network, they couldn't use it for
longer than your rekey interval before they'd have to figure out the new
key, ad infinitum:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_03july28.mspx

Broadband hijackers don't enjoy being cut off frequently, so they'll look
for less secure setups.

You can and should use MAC address filtering. But this isn't perfect, as
MAC's can be forged:

http://www.techexams.net/technotes/securityplus/spoofing.shtml


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