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I have no access to, interest in, use for, or patience with WiFi. My computer is a desktop. My Internet connection is via a cable modem via my cable TV vendor
by graycat 10y ago
I have no access to, interest in, use for, or patience with WiFi. My computer is a desktop. My Internet connection is via a cable modem via my cable TV vendor. I have nothing that is wireless, not even a cell phone. For my desktop computer, I don't want to do the outrageous, absurd, vague, risky, mud wrestling of struggling to understand what the security risks are for wireless.
For a while, I tried a wireless mouse, but it seemed to eat through a lot of batteries and otherwise didn't work very well. I returned to a wired mouse connected via USB.
My laser printer? Connects via USB. My old daisy wheel printer (great for envelopes) connects via async serial.
I just don't have any wireless. So, that's a lot of system management, monitoring, maintenance, security, etc. surface I don't have to worry about.
Apparently a lot of the interest in wireless is having computing devices growing around the home or office like weeds for a lot of toys. I have no interest in such things and am concentrating on my startup.
Gee, a lot of HNers got really, really, really totally off the top of the charts PISSED OFF at me. Strange.
WPA stands for what, the old Great Depression Works Progress Administration? I know; I know; in computer land supposed to use TLAs (three letter acronyms) as much as possible.
- rjsw 10y agoStick with XP, none of my Windows 10 machines will talk to my USB laser printer.
- burnitdown 10y agoIt's strange. You seem to be really concerned about wifi security and the greater implications but are using the most exploited OS in the universe and you seem unfazed by the fact that security updates have stopped.