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    When your wireless can cost you thousands!

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by pokerpot, Dec 27, 2008.

  1. pokerpot

    pokerpot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone,

    I did some searching of the threads and got some good advice. My only problem is that I work in a business where your wireless connection can literally cost you thousands of dollars on one click!

    I need to know what wireless (G) router I need to use when every click I make, in a timely fashion, can result in people earning (or losing) thousands of dollars on every click!

    I work in the financial business and work often from home, so this info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and to all have a happy new year!
     
    pokerpot, Dec 27, 2008
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  2. TheNomad

    TheNomad Notebook Guru

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    I'd suggest not to use a wireless and go for the ole copper cable and build in redundancy with a 2nd or 3rd internet provider.

    Look closely at your ISP contract, usually they provide a 'best effort' service. Meaning, when offline there's no minimum time guaranteed when they go on-line again.

    Get a 2nd identical PC and make sure it's operational at all times when you the main PC suddenly has a problem.
    Securely backup all stuff to online locations in case home is lost.

    That'll mitigate some of the classic risks of working online.
    There are many more, but i'd say wireless is the least to worry about.

    Cheers
     
    TheNomad, Dec 27, 2008
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  3. villious

    villious Notebook Geek

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    Nomad said it best....go wired. Other than that redundancy redundancy redundancy.
     
    villious, Dec 31, 2008
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  4. goodspeed(TPF)

    goodspeed(TPF) Notebook Deity

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    Agreed whole heartily. :D Wired and "backup" connections and hardware. :)
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 31, 2008
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  5. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Go wired; that's the only way you're going to be able to protect yourself from the grief of being sued by an unhappy client because your wireless got the hicccups at an inappropriate moment.

    Because of the intentional design of the wi-fi protocol, and the inherent physics of broadcasting and receiving very weak radio signals, there is simply no way to guarantee that you will not have a dropped signal at some point. Dropped packets and dropped signals are an inherent fact of wireless ethernet, so there really isn't any satisfactory way around that fact other than to go with a wired connection.

    On top of which, wireless signals, just like the old broadcast television signals, can be picked up by anyone in range who has an appropriate receiver, which makes wireless inherently less secure than a wired connection, regardless of how good the encryption and security are on your wireless network.
     
    Shyster1, Dec 31, 2008
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