Cool...another college banning wireless routers in the dorms. I don't see the big deal, I go to Georgia Tech, and they have had them banned for a while now. At least the past few years. Even at a high ranked tech school, people are stupid. If 1 out of 5 dorm rooms had a wireless router, more than likely 1 out of 5 would be open for attacking. And that leaves a large amount of access points to the internal network for people who might happen to be wanting to get into the network. I heard about a few years ago someone hacked in and got everyones credit card numbers. It is just to risky to have the wellfare of the entire school dependant on whether or not some crack head can configure his wireless router properly.
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Cool...another college banning wireless routers in the dorms. I don't see the big deal, I go to Georgia Tech, and they have had them banned for a while now. At least the past few years. Even at a high ranked tech school, people are stupid. If 1 out of 5 dorm rooms had a wireless router, more than likely 1 out of 5 would be open for attacking. And that leaves a large amount of access points to the internal network for people who might happen to be wanting to get into the network. I heard about a few years ago someone hacked in and got everyones credit card numbers. It is just to risky to have the wellfare of the entire school dependant on whether or not some crack head can configure his wireless router properly.