When the Evansville, Indiana (USA) SWAT team raided a city residence on June 21st with guns and stun grenades, all they found was an innocent grandmother and her 18 year-old granddaughter. The cops identified that house by tracking down the IP address used by someone posting anonymous threats to online message boards. Unfortunately, those threats appear to have been posted by someone who hijacked that home's Wi-Fi Internet access. The home network was running without wireless security features enabled. Here's another good reason why everyone should have basic Wi-Fi security set up on their home network.
→ More - Evansville SWAT Team Raids Wrong House in Internet Threat Case (digitaljournal.com)
→ See also - Is Wi-Fi Security Enabled On Your Home Network?
→ See also - Do You Log Into Your Neighbor's Wi-Fi Network?
→ More - Evansville SWAT Team Raids Wrong House in Internet Threat Case (digitaljournal.com)
→ See also - Is Wi-Fi Security Enabled On Your Home Network?
→ See also - Do You Log Into Your Neighbor's Wi-Fi Network?
Nowadays WI-FI network is not going to be safe anymore.
I gotta ask, “Is Ethernet really more safe and secure?”
Why do router makers not offer routers that are capabile of handling 10 or 12 devices so families can simply plug-in?
Just wondering, John3347, do you expect large families to run coax throughout the home? This is rather expensive (if you wish to hide it), dangerous and ugly (if you run the coax across the floor and between rooms), and generally not possible in most homes with several portable devices that are used all over the house. Even power wire is not always possible or is too difficult to use. Wifi will continue to be the mode of choice in most homes.