Mike

I agree with you.

Nick


>Re eBlaster, not saying right or wrong but I take a different approach there. My daughters are both in high school and I don't think I have any business snooping on them. They are aware that there are creeps in cyberspace and seem pretty cautious about who they chat with, even if they do spend half their lives in MySpace, FaceBook, and IM. To me that's just the world young people live in today. At some point you have to trust them. At least that's my opinion. Again, I am not getting up on a stump and thumping my chest that I am right. Maybe I am not supervising them as much as I should be. I just think they need to be given some independence to make their own decisions at this age, before they are out on their own. And from a privacy standpoint I am profoundly uncomfortable with the thought of "supervising" them to the extent of eBlaster, especially if it's done covertly.
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>>My router is wireless as well and I restrict it to connections by macaddress and WPA enabled. For security/protection/supervision of my daughter I use the Spector Pro eBlaster software.
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>>>Hi Dragan,
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>>>>OK, here's my layout:
>>>>one D-link DL-604 router, with firmware updated to 2006
>>>>one Linksys wireless
>>>>two desktops running XP SP1, AVG7, one running SyGate abandonware firewall
>>>>one laptop with latest Ubuntu
>>>>one tablet laptop with Vista something, no clue what's on it - daughter comes and goes with it in tow
>>>>one PSP occasionally getting into the wireless
>>>>a couple of bluetooth phones connecting with the Vista laptop here and there
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>>>>The settings on the routers aren't too paranoid. The firewall doesn't do much, and it's on only one machine - most of the trouble is handled by the router(s).
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>>>How many subnets ? Using the wireless (one thing I am really afraid of<g>) ? Daughter smart enough not to get into trouble (at least computerwise - and how/when can you tell <g>)
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>>>Thanks
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>>>thomas