Apr 28
I’m sure the neighbors think I’m hacking their network…
…but really, I’m not. Ever since we got DSL, we drop net connectivity once in awhile. It’s a short bit of time, nothing major, but enough to make us lose our wireless connection throughout the house. So, once a week or so while I’m downstairs trying to ignore the horrible TV programming the wife watches, I’ll hop on the internet and the network autoconfig finds about six other families that it can connect to (and does for a short amount of time). First off, how can there be six families around me with a signal strength enough to get to our den (which is like a wireless network damper)? And why it autoconnects everytime when I’ve selected NOT TO, I have no clue. So, if the neighbors are like me and have software to track “intruders” on your network, they’ll probably see me pop up now and then. If neighbors are reading this….it’s purely by accident, I promise.
Anyway, this cartoon today from xkcd made me think of it…
