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I’m sorry to hear of your misfortune.
This is good reinforcement for the idea we have always shared about getting a PDA off ebay for $20-30. Thus, once it is missing or broken, your loss is minimal. I can’t count how many times I have dropped or sat on my old Handspring PDA. I doubt if many of the new high priced marvels would take the abuse.
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Originally posted by kbraband:
Thanks for the good information! This begs the next questions: How do you set up MAC address filtering, and how do you “properly set up” a firewall?
This is going to vary depending on what brand of wireless equipment you have. The setup instructions that came with your access point will show if it is capable of MAC address filtering, and how to set it up. Using MAC address filtering, only those computers that you enter into the access control list will be able to connect to the access point.
There are a lot of firewalls available, both hardware and software. Regardless of what you have, it needs to be set to block all network traffic that you do not initiate. If you don’t have one, consider trying a program such as ZoneAlarm. There is even a free basic version available for download. http://www.zonelabs.com
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Originally posted by smokey & the teacher:
And what kind of equipment to get.?? I see there is several types and frequencies to get.anyone better then the other??
You need an “Access Point” to hook to your broadband connection/network to and a “wireless card” for each computer you plan to make wireless.
The 802.11g standard is the way to go at this time. (The last letter a,b,g, is what one needs to pay attention to) The “g” standard is set for a quick 54 Mbps, and you can even get access points and cards that run at full-duplex for a possible 108 Mbps max speed. The good thing about the “g” standard is that it is backwards-compatible with the “b” standard, which is what most wireless networks are today. The “b” standard is only 11Mbps.
As for brands, I would look for Orinoco or Cisco if you want something top-of-the line. Netgear is good. Linksys seems to be the most popular, mainly because they have been around longer and are in the economy market. The higher quality stuff will get you the most range, with some even having a port for an external antenna.
I have been doing this for awhile now and the growth rate has been amazing. I recently wrote a report on wireless networks and wireless security and there are some things people should be aware of.
First, it is very possible and very easy to log onto wireless networks all over the place. If the network you are logged onto is not an advertised or publicly known wireless hot-spot, there is a good chance you have logged onto someones private network. It seems most people don’t have the first clue on how to secure their wireless access point. If you are using someones wireless connection without their permission, you are commiting “theft of service”; so beware of the possibility.
Unless you have set up MAC address filtering or are using a properly set-up firewall, anyone can get on your network. WEP is a popular authentication/encryption method that comes with the access point, but is not good enough security to prevent someone from accessing your network.
As part of my project, I recorded the coordinates and other details of almost 200 private networks in my local area, merely through a few hours of searching. Less that 15% of these networks were protected in such a way that I would be unable to access the network.
If you really want to have a wireless internet connection that you can share with whoever might be in the vicinity of your home or business, I would recommend that you NOT have any PC with your personal/private information on it attached to that network.
This was obviously a hot topic, and I thank the board members for their decision to take action. Thanks also to Wizbit for getting the ball rolling.
A really fun cache…… go get it folks!!
It would be pretty tough to make a difference in the law enforcement community, seeing that there are caches in every city and every county in the state.
A suspicious package is a suspicious package, regardless of what it looks like. They will all be treated as if they were potentially harmful.
A few weeks ago in Racine, EOD blew up an electric typewriter that was spotted in the parking lot of Home Depot. Another good use of tax dollars.
Actually, last I knew an approver cannot change the ownership of a cache. You need to e-mail the admins at [email protected]
Put “cache adoption request” in the subject line.
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Originally posted by Trudy & the beast:
The first thing I thought was: Did the cache owner have permission to place this cache? This goes a long way to prevent this type of problem.
What are the chances of a muggle or even the police getting ahold of a land manager before calling in the bomb squad? In my experience, the property owner is the last to know when something happens.
Permission might save some grief, but only after the fact.
Thank you Ken, for all the effort you have obviously put into this. The powerpoint looks great!
Have a good trip and don’t forget to pick up a find or two on the way.Although this could happen to any cache, I tend to believe that good painting and labeling is an absolute MUST for an ammo can. It may have prevented this and other similiar situations.
The real problem here is that local law enforcement could bill the cache owner for the entire cost of operations the police and bomb squad ensued because of the event. This adds up to a couple thousand dollars or more real quick, depending on what exactly took place.
Makes for a pretty expensive hobby.
Drag and drop your pq onto the GSAK icon on your desktop to load the PQ into GSAK.
In GSAK, in the file menu, select Export to html files. Make sure you put the folder being created somewhere that you can find it later.
In Plucker, make sure that your “starting page” address points to the “index.htm” file that GSAK created in the cache folder you just exported.
In this case, GSAK simply replaces spinner. Plucker is still needed to get the file into your PDA.
Hard to explain without all the pretty pictures… Follow the instructions on the web page….after you do it a few times it only takes a couple of minutes.
The advantage of Spinner & Plucker over Cachemate is that the output files can be modified to suit your personal preference and it is also much faster.
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This is one of the best newspaper articles related to caching I have ever seen! Great job by all those who were involved!
Now all we need is some promoting of the WGA and it’s website!
Way to go Linus! It’s fun just waiting to see what you and your sis are going to do next! Stay off the marked path and we will see you at the next waypoint.
Lucy, your pace is shocking to many of us. I hope you keep smiling for 800 more! Congratulations!
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