I could be over looking something here... but arent they just introducing a huge security hole into anything that is built with "easy tappabiliy" If the government can implement it, i'm sure someone who is smarter and maybe not so honest (not that our govt is a prime example of honesty) can hack into a router and at the very least have some fun! I find this seriously disturbing, does anyone agree?
I agree 100%. Everyone is complaining about things like these, remember when Intel came out with the PIIIs? ALL ethernet cards have a unique 12 character code, these numbers are used for DHCP purposes and could(i'm sure they are) be used for tracking purposes. Shouldn't someone complain about that?
No, it isn't sending out info... It is checking your net connection. I had a similar thing happen to me and i checked what it was doing, it was trying to access windowsupdate.
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I could be over looking something here... but arent they just introducing a huge security hole into anything that is built with "easy tappabiliy" If the government can implement it, i'm sure someone who is smarter and maybe not so honest (not that our govt is a prime example of honesty) can hack into a router and at the very least have some fun!
I find this seriously disturbing, does anyone agree?
I agree 100%. Everyone is complaining about things like these, remember when Intel came out with the PIIIs? ALL ethernet cards have a unique 12 character code, these numbers are used for DHCP purposes and could(i'm sure they are) be used for tracking purposes. Shouldn't someone complain about that?
No, it isn't sending out info... It is checking your net connection. I had a similar thing happen to me and i checked what it was doing, it was trying to access windowsupdate.
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what about for two separate EXISTING wired LANs?
Can i connect 2 LANS with the base units by connecting a base unit to each hub? :)
That would really save my butt