Wi-Fi access open to my neighbors
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007Some time ago I bought a wireless router. Basically, I wanted to be able to access the net from anywhere in my home (using laptop).
The router has some standard and advanced features. In what respects to security, it has features that goes from denial of service and intrusion detection to parental control, access control and MAC filtering, for example.
Most of my friends have locked their wireless access the best they can. My net is (at least still) just open. I really don’t mind having my neighbors using it. Using it, not abusing. And, living in a really high floor, I think no one can access it from the street.
Of course I don’t want none of the following:
- to pay more at the end of the month;
- to have my privacy affected;
- to have net speed penalties;
- having someone else using my net access for illicit activities.
In my opinion, it would be nice having people taking this community free access position. I’d like wireless protocols to evolve in a way to promote this community sharing of resources, taking in account the concerns priviously enumerated.