I Know Nothing About Lynksys Routers
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Dec 8, 2008 at 12:20 AM
TheParoxysm Posts 169 Registration date Sunday December 7, 2008 Status Member Last seen March 25, 2011 - Dec 8, 2008 at 12:41 AM
TheParoxysm Posts 169 Registration date Sunday December 7, 2008 Status Member Last seen March 25, 2011 - Dec 8, 2008 at 12:41 AM
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TheParoxysm
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Dec 8, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Dec 8, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Well, I'd like to help you but there seems to be a confusion here my friend.
A router is something to go inbetween devices, but isn't ever installed into a device. For instance, an outlet for power in the wall can be called a router of sorts because you can connect multiple devices to it. But you never take an outlet and plug it into your device because an outlet doesn't move.
He may have installed a wireless card in your laptop, allowing you to connect to the network wirelessly and thus decreasing your security overall.
Unless you were using Wireless previously and it was a different version (b, etc.) which would be less secure.
Which isn't a big security issue at all to be honest.
Installing a router he's familiar with and settings may allow him to control things such as connectivity and access to your network, thus allowing him access to your computer or anything connected to the router, on the other hand connecting a new wireless utility into your laptop would be in effort fruitless because very few people try to intercept data over wireless, most people merely want internet access, not data harvesting. So in a way or so I would be a bit suspicious.
I would check to make sure that none of my drives give out read/write access to anyone but me and only if I was logged into the computer/laptop physically.
That would be your network and sharing settings.
If you want me to keep rambling or help you check those settings just let me know.
A router is something to go inbetween devices, but isn't ever installed into a device. For instance, an outlet for power in the wall can be called a router of sorts because you can connect multiple devices to it. But you never take an outlet and plug it into your device because an outlet doesn't move.
He may have installed a wireless card in your laptop, allowing you to connect to the network wirelessly and thus decreasing your security overall.
Unless you were using Wireless previously and it was a different version (b, etc.) which would be less secure.
Which isn't a big security issue at all to be honest.
Installing a router he's familiar with and settings may allow him to control things such as connectivity and access to your network, thus allowing him access to your computer or anything connected to the router, on the other hand connecting a new wireless utility into your laptop would be in effort fruitless because very few people try to intercept data over wireless, most people merely want internet access, not data harvesting. So in a way or so I would be a bit suspicious.
I would check to make sure that none of my drives give out read/write access to anyone but me and only if I was logged into the computer/laptop physically.
That would be your network and sharing settings.
If you want me to keep rambling or help you check those settings just let me know.
