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Do you turn off your airport when you aren't using it?
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Not really I guess but why would you want to? I don't think they consume that much power or anything...
Not really I guess but why would you want to? I don't think they consume that much power or anything...
My Base Station has been on for well over a year now-solid. There is nothing in the manual or anything that suggest that you need to turn it off. I think the fact that it doesn't have an off/on switch is evidence of the idea that it should just stay on.
My 2¢
Regards,
Gus
My 2¢
Regards,
Gus
I have the original graphite base station and it is exhibiting the capacitor problem, meaning that it resets itself every 10 mins or so. It resets itself every 5 seconds when the iBook is connected to another computer on my local network.
Time to get another one I guess.
Time to get another one I guess.
Argh! Is that the symptom? I noticed mine doing that the other day. Annoying!
Supposedly it is easy to fix. You just unsolder and replace some 47uf/10v electrolytic capacitors.
Does it keep cooler if it is on its side instead of laying flat?
Supposedly it is easy to fix. You just unsolder and replace some 47uf/10v electrolytic capacitors.
Does it keep cooler if it is on its side instead of laying flat?
Question
Is there a way to password protect the use of a base station. I know you can just automatically get on, buy can I protect it with a password? Thanks in advance.
James
Is there a way to password protect the use of a base station. I know you can just automatically get on, buy can I protect it with a password? Thanks in advance.
James
Re: Question
Absolutely. The Airport base stations have the best security for any wireless routers at their price. For wireless routers the most common way to password protect is with a "WEP" key (I think the letters stand for Wireless Encryption Protocol or something). All the key is is a password that users have to enter before they can join the network. I don't have an Airport Base Station (I use a D-Link router), so you'll have to read your documentation to find out how to use WEP keys.
Also, unless you want to share your network publicly, you should filter by MAC address (on your Airport Card it would be called the Airport ID). This way, you only let specific computers join you network. Again, you'll have to read you documentation to find out how to let only specific Airport IDs (or MAC addresses) join your network.
Absolutely. The Airport base stations have the best security for any wireless routers at their price. For wireless routers the most common way to password protect is with a "WEP" key (I think the letters stand for Wireless Encryption Protocol or something). All the key is is a password that users have to enter before they can join the network. I don't have an Airport Base Station (I use a D-Link router), so you'll have to read your documentation to find out how to use WEP keys.
Also, unless you want to share your network publicly, you should filter by MAC address (on your Airport Card it would be called the Airport ID). This way, you only let specific computers join you network. Again, you'll have to read you documentation to find out how to let only specific Airport IDs (or MAC addresses) join your network.
Thanks for the info. The reason I am asking is a friend of mine is opening a coffee shop, and we are looking into ways to get internet access in the shop.
Re: Re: Question
Oh and there's basically no way to prevent unauthorized use of a wireless network. So maybe you shouldn't try. Or maybe someone should come up with a more secure wireless network.
It's Wired Equivalent Privacy/Protection (note the use of the word 'equivalent') i believe and it basically means it'll prevent the average joe from getting in but useless because it's not that difficult to hack. You're better off not using a WEP key.
Oh and there's basically no way to prevent unauthorized use of a wireless network. So maybe you shouldn't try. Or maybe someone should come up with a more secure wireless network.
Re: Re: Re: Question
That's not true at all. There are much more advanced technologies than WEP. For example, AirPort base stations support 801.x security technologies like EAP (namely Cisco's LEAP security technology), and authorization by external RADIUS servers, etc. I don't quite understand all of it, but from what I gather the technology is definitely considered secure enough to deploy for situations where security is critical.
That's not true at all. There are much more advanced technologies than WEP. For example, AirPort base stations support 801.x security technologies like EAP (namely Cisco's LEAP security technology), and authorization by external RADIUS servers, etc. I don't quite understand all of it, but from what I gather the technology is definitely considered secure enough to deploy for situations where security is critical.