Hardwiring the modum to the Computer?
I have just picked up a modum from the ISP. In the process i also had to have the phone company sent a service person to get the junk running. In the process the tech showed me that the ethernet c...
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RedRocket204 wrote:
Almost nobody turns off or hides the wireless signal from a WAP when a computer is hardwired and it doesn't sound like the OP even knows about it. So, how is the security better when the wireless signal is still active even if the computer is hardwired?
When you hardwire the modem and network adapter, you basically "eliminate" one layer of the seven protocols necessary for two systems to communicate.
When...during setup you've chosen to communicate directly through the ethernet cable (hardwire) the modem or router will recognize this and the wireless path becomes inactive. . .even though your machine shows that WAP is available.
Wireless communicate through radio signals while hardwire communicate through electrical pulses. You cannot tap into an ethernet cable hoping you can intercept data being sent by one system to the other.
Every bit of data that comes in a packet has unique identity that is tagged (another layer of the OSI protocol) specifically intended for the client requesting it.
Radio signals can be easily intercepted by a topnotch hacker and could break the encryption.
I completely agree with 1492.
