Re: Re: "Hackers take to the air" from the BBC

["Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@xxxxxxx>]

> > Can anyone suggest other useful things to secure your wireless
lan?
> >
> Actually on a slightly more serious note... I think Phil (was it you
> Phil) has/d real problems with wireless networking and theose video
> sender things (2.4Ghz). If you could make the sender directional
> couldn't you effectively 'broadcast' it out (away) from your property
> so that if anyone was outside trying to sniff about their signal
> would be disrupted?

Sound idea in theory, but even directional antennae are not that
directional.  You'd end up interfering with the signal inside your house.
Of course, the other problem is that you'd need a hell of a lot of
directional antennae to cover each direction ;-)  You'd be better off
getting your outside walls RF-proof.

Andy
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