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:1492 wrote:
Except for security purposes. Removing one extra layer of possible exploit when using WiFi. Though encrypted, gives a hacker an extra doorway to work with.
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?
As mentioned, its the MiM thats the danger. A favorite strategy used by hackers on wireless signals. With no packets transferred via wireless, then no critical info to sniff.
