>> Isn't that wildly insecure
> 
> Not when Mac address filtered and with a network key. Besides, it's a home
> network, not a corporate.

Well, OK, fair enough.

Personally, whenever I get anything that has a wireless capability, the 
very first thing I do is try to find a way to permanently disable that 
functionallity.

(On the other hand, I don't know how to work it properly, so...)

>> / unreliable?
> 
> Never noticed so. Much better than cables running all over the place. It's
> for a flat of 3 rooms, so I don't need excessive range

My dad used to use wireless networking. But he found that he had to 
constantly plug and unplug the wireless adaptor until it found a 
network. Sometimes the wireless adaptor itself was reported as "not 
plugged in" when in fact it was.

[The amusing thing is he bought a Belkin base station and wireless 
adaptor bundle, which was quite pricey, and it really didn't work 
reliably. Then he bought some cheap no-name wireless adaptor for one of 
the other PCs, and that worked flawlessly. I wonder if it's because it 
was in the same room?]

Well anyway, long story short: Eventually he went back to wired 
networking just so it would ****ing work properly.

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