The Pirate Alphabet: A E I O U and sometimes ARRRRRRR

Okay, so I know I'm occasionally a little lax on my security. I'm not too worried about someone "obtaining" information from my computer. Now I'd really prefer they didn't, but I'm afraid whoever "hacks" in is going to be astoundingly bored. There's no porn, no credit card numbers, no juicy tidbits about my life. You'd have better luck on my Live Journal than on my home PCs. My home computers are really just gaming/surfing/graphic computers. That's ALLL they do. Okay.. yeah maybe, just maybe I might have a few *cough* mp3's, but nothing of huge particular interest.

Well anyway we moved recently and had a computer hardware/networking guru set up our system. This included Wi-Fi. Well last night I was in my router fussing with the ability to do some p2p with a friend and found two anomalies when it came to people being logged into MY internet connection. We have exactly four computers. This means that only exactly four computers should be on our network... and honestly only two are Wi-Fi. So I see Rods_PC and TomCruz floating around and have been logged on each for about 24 hours solid. To nuts with that is my opinion. I am not Starbucks, and I do mind sharing my bandwidth, so it was the SMACK DOWN for that. I now have only two Mac addresses enabled for my wireless and my freeloading neighbors can go get their own internet connection.

So that leaves me to wonder. Will they notice that the networks new name is "Rods_Pc and TomCruz no pirating!"? Still fighting with the p2p thing, and it reminds me that I desperately need to brush up on my networking abilities. I've even gotten through a few Cisco courses.. for all the good it seems to have done. Of course I completely admit to having the memory of a goldfish, so yeah. *Shrug* If I don't use it I lose it, and I don't network. My mom's fiancé is the network admin for Kenworth, why have my amateurish abilities unleash when I can have a pro tell me I'm doing it wrong and then do it right?

Oh yeah, wait I remember... I should do that so I don't have to rely on others. hmm... well I dunno such things are darn good excuses to see my mom, and I like my mom, so nope somehow doubt I'm going to plunge headlong into that in the uber near future. *Shrug* What Can I say, I'm lazy

Tink ~ Out