NationStates Jolt Archive


What kind of LAN do you have?

Risottia
29-12-2008, 14:46
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.
Peepelonia
29-12-2008, 15:08
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
Ifreann
29-12-2008, 15:18
My uni has a wireless network, that the closest thing to a LAN I have.
Call to power
29-12-2008, 15:23
I have no idea :(
Fartsniffage
29-12-2008, 15:27
Wireless.

Why use anything else if you have laptops?
Peepelonia
29-12-2008, 15:29
Wireless.

Why use anything else if you have laptops?

Security. Anyhoo which networks are 100% wireless?
The Mindset
29-12-2008, 15:38
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.
No Names Left Damn It
29-12-2008, 16:40
I don't even know if I have one.
Lunatic Goofballs
29-12-2008, 16:44
I'm in the LAN of The Lost. *nod*


*gets chased off by a dinosaur*
Fartsniffage
29-12-2008, 16:48
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.
Peepelonia
29-12-2008, 18:06
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.
Conserative Morality
29-12-2008, 18:11
Ethernet.
Fartsniffage
29-12-2008, 18:18
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.
Risottia
29-12-2008, 18:40
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
Risottia
29-12-2008, 18:42
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).
Velka Morava
29-12-2008, 19:02
Bluetooth PAN
Rambhutan
29-12-2008, 19:04
...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...
Peepelonia
30-12-2008, 11:33
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
Lapse
30-12-2008, 11:48
part 802.11g, part 100/1000M cabled, part carrier pigeon.