zjohnr
Regular Contributor
I have a feeling this question is about as pertinent as that old medieval conundrum "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" But here I go anyway ...
I saw a "sale" over at newegg.com on the Netgear XE102US ethernet over powerline adapter. This is an older model which uses a 10 Mbps ethernet port (although for some reason they claim it has a max throughput of 14 Mbps, not 10 Mbps
).
While looking at the specs it occurred to me that I didn't see any means of controlling which adapters would be included in the network. I was wondering what prevented someone in a neighboring house from plugging in a compatible adapter and accessing my LAN?
I expect either the range of these device limits this exposure. Or perhaps the way the external power lines are connected to internal power lines in a house prevents this.
If nothing else I expect I'm protected by the same magic pixy dust firewall which protects Macs from viruses i.e. nobody really cares that much about hacking me.
Still, there is likely a better answer and I keep wondering what that might be.
-irrational john
I saw a "sale" over at newegg.com on the Netgear XE102US ethernet over powerline adapter. This is an older model which uses a 10 Mbps ethernet port (although for some reason they claim it has a max throughput of 14 Mbps, not 10 Mbps
).While looking at the specs it occurred to me that I didn't see any means of controlling which adapters would be included in the network. I was wondering what prevented someone in a neighboring house from plugging in a compatible adapter and accessing my LAN?
I expect either the range of these device limits this exposure. Or perhaps the way the external power lines are connected to internal power lines in a house prevents this.
If nothing else I expect I'm protected by the same magic pixy dust firewall which protects Macs from viruses i.e. nobody really cares that much about hacking me.
Still, there is likely a better answer and I keep wondering what that might be.
-irrational john
