Rob Morley wrote:
Unless you need wireless, then that is best turned off...


Can you please detail why? Just curious.


Because if it's not properly configured then someone can sit in their
car outside your house and use your internet connection for all sorts of
dubious purposes.

So secure it. It's not hard. Back to the OP's point I'm on cable
(telewest) and have used Linux (Suse 8.3 and Knoppix) Win 95, 98 and XP,
because the downstream connection is ethernet.

Chris

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