Thread: Wireless network...to the Garage
View Single Post
Old 11-08-2009, 18:50   #1
Caspar
Inactive
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 4,988
Caspar has reached the bronze age
Caspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze ageCaspar has reached the bronze age
Wireless network...to the Garage
A friend's asked me for advice today about a wireless solution for his home broadband to wirelessly reach to his garage located 35ft away from his house.

His house is vintage...mid 1700 so the walls are v. thick...his windows are tiny (imagine castle slat windows)..so not great for WAP postioning.

Anyway, I casually advised him to get the fastest (protocol) router he could find....but then ended my advice by then stating that if he intended to then use his garage as a place of work...and do alot of confidential working, including credit card...then any wireless solution would be a bad idea! Wireless encryption is **** poor, i went onto explain...it's only as good how random the stream is...but becuase you can always expect known string to exist in the stream, such as "http://www", then crackers can then easily hack into the stream and start fishing out your credit card details.... etc.

Anyway, what I'm asking you is...am I wrong, and is there a fool proof and secure way to interconnect his garage wireless without regretting it long term..i.e. when someone has emptied your bank balance or stolen your identity!

Any ideas?
Caspar is offline   Reply With Quote