NationStates Jolt Archive

Just out of curiosity, but I want to discuss the merits & flaws of the various physical levels of LANs. I'm on the RJ-45, 100-base T Ethernet side of it.

Just out of curiosity, but I want to discuss the merits & flaws of the various physical levels of LANs. I'm on the RJ-45, 100-base T Ethernet side of it.

Same here, used to be token ring, but somebody here lost the token! It was last seen rolling under a desk.:D

My uni has a wireless network, that the closest thing to a LAN I have.

I have no idea :(

Wireless.

Why use anything else if you have laptops?

Wireless.

Why use anything else if you have laptops?

Security. Anyhoo which networks are 100% wireless?

Our home network has evolved somewhat, there's RJ-45 outlets in most rooms from the days before wireless, and a couple of our older desktops still use them. They're also handy for the nooks where the wireless doesn't quite reach. We have a BT Broadband HomeHub2 with three wireless repeaters, one on each floor. The router goes through a switch to split the wired network. All in all there's 16 RJ-45 sockets, iirc. There's an entire cupboard on the second floor with floor to ceiling wiring from those days. It's crazy.

I don't even know if I have one.

I'm in the LAN of The Lost. *nod*


*gets chased off by a dinosaur*

Security. Anyhoo which networks are 100% wireless?

WPA with a decent key provides enough security for my home network.

My home network is 100% wireless, with the exception of the line into the house. Hopefully one day the government will get it's finger out and start setting up wireless metropolitan area networks.

WPA with a decent key provides enough security for my home network.

My home network is 100% wireless, with the exception of the line into the house. Hopefully one day the government will get it's finger out and start setting up wireless metropolitan area networks.

You would think so wouldn't you? So it's not 100% wireless then! The thing with wireless security is it is crackable, and by a numpty like myself.

Also if you think about how easy it is to capture your data whilst it flies through the air, even if they can't hack onto your network, your data is there in the world for anybody wire the correct equipment grab out of the air, take it home and work on any encryption in their own time.

At least with wired networks, to do the same, somebody needs to phsyicaly cut into the copper core wire.

Ethernet.

You would think so wouldn't you? So it's not 100% wireless then! The thing with wireless security is it is crackable, and by a numpty like myself.

Also if you think about how easy it is to capture your data whilst it flies through the air, even if they can't hack onto your network, your data is there in the world for anybody wire the correct equipment grab out of the air, take it home and work on any encryption in their own time.

At least with wired networks, to do the same, somebody needs to phsyicaly cut into the copper core wire.

Meh, if someone wants to spend days breaking my encryption to read the crap I post here or listen to they music I'm streaming from my desktop then good luck to them.

It'd be easier for them to just read the forum though.

Same here, used to be token ring, but somebody here lost the token! It was last seen rolling under a desk.:D

This is from Dilbert iirc, :D

Wireless.

Why use anything else if you have laptops?

I have a laptop AND a desktop, but I chose not to go wireless so I don't have to waste time setting up the WPA2 properly. (I use Windoze... I know Debian would be more secure, but there you are).

Bluetooth PAN

...At least with wired networks, to do the same, somebody needs to phsyicaly cut into the copper core wire.

Unless you connect to the internet...

This is from Dilbert iirc, :D

Hah it could be, it's so old it's been in my head for at least 10 years!:D

part 802.11g, part 100/1000M cabled, part carrier pigeon.