[mythtv-users] Wireless Bridges and "Thinking it's wired"

[Paul Gardiner]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Thursday 04 February 2010 10:11:02 am Travis Tabbal wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>>> Are there any frequency-independent units available for use with
>>> customer- supplied radios? That might open up opportunities for licensed
>>> radio amateurs
>>> to use spectrum not available otherwise. This approach was used to solve
>>> the
>>> problems on the 11-meter band (CB) with remote control systems.
>>>
>>> I think there is also some unallocated spectrum above 40 Ghz. (or at
>>> least there used to be) which might be useful for very short range
>>> systems.
>> I'm not aware of any. Also of interest, don't the amateur rules forbid
>> encryption?
>>
> 
> True, but I don't care to encrypt my traffic, I use MAC address filtering to 
> prevent people using my bandwidth, but if anyone wants to read my traffic they 
> are welcome to do so. Should I decide to plan the overthrow of the government 
> I would probably communicate some other way.

I don't think MAC address filtering gives you any real protection. It's
not difficult to fake a MAC address.

> Sending data thousands of miles in the clear, and then being concerned about 
> the last few feet has always seemed silly to me.

I guess it's because the last few feet is often the local network where
you permit things like access to computer files, which you wouldn't over
the internet.

Paul.