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On 5 Feb 2010, at 09:26, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>> It also has the |
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>>> advantage that you can connect more than one computer through it. |
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>> and the disadvantage that it's open to hackers... don't get me |
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>> wrong - I |
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>> looked at the mifi and it looks pretty cool ("about the size of eight |
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>> stacked credit cards") I'm just saying... |
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> Yes, but no more than any other access point using WPA. Less so really |
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> because the range is much shorter that a normal AP. |
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I really understand why you would want to use the MiFi. |
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Even if the MiFi + your laptop uses more power than just the laptop on |
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its own, you can charge them separately. |
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However, you should change the WPA key of your MiFi from the factory |
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default, if you haven't already. A 'sploit was announced this week - I |
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read about it on /., I think. The MiFi uses its SSID (I think) plus |
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the manufacturing date in setting its default key, and this leads to a |
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greatly reduced pool of possible keys. |
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Stroller. |
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