wireless

Clarifications

It will slot into any free PCI socket, giving your desktop PC the same wireless capabilities "like a laptop".

But just like a NB you need to lock down any WiFi Access Point as the owner of that point is responsible for anything downloaded from it. The average WiFi access point has a 500 meter range where anyone with a WiFi enabled computer can log onto your WiFi Access Point and download from your ISP which is effectively stealing from you.

But what is a much bigger problem is if some deviant downloads Kiddy Porn you are the one responsible for the download and you are the one who will be taken to court for this and you are the one who will have to prove your innocence and the only way to do this is to provide the real perp. Even then you are guilty by association and you allowed this unsecured WiFi Access point to exist so you are an accessory to this type of crime.

So yes you can do this but you need to Lock Down the WiFi Access Point securely and then you should be fairly safe if something happens as you can show the courts that you have taken every reasonable step to secure the Access Point and you can not be responsible if someone breaks in and steals it. Having any WiFi point at home unsecured is an open invitation to criminals to both steal from you and leave you in the Court System because you failed to secure the Network properly.

Last Week I installed a new NB in a block of Flats and when I looked at the available WiFi points there where 15 unsecured WiFi Access Points that I could log onto and steal from them. It was actually so bad that I had quite a lot of trouble finding the Access Point that I should be logging onto and once that was found I locked it down so at least there is one less Open WiFi Access point at that place.

Col