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On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 13:22 +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Viv <viv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have just found out that our home network has been hijacked by a > > neighbour, using a homeplug. We used homeplugs because we understood that > > this was impossible - that signals would not get past the meter. This is not > > true and we have tested it by trying it out at our neighbours, the other > > side. > > You could install a filter somewhere at your main distribution board > to stop the signals coming in and out of the house. In fact if you are > propogating signals out side of your house on to the national grid you > may in fact be guilty of some kind of offense. The issue i guess is > related to the various methods of neutral to earth bonding that are > present and in some situations (as you have) you basically have a > common network with neighbors, pole mounted earths and the like. > > You could keep your existing network and apply ipsec encryption to it > but this would require a router that can do ipsec or using a computer > as a router which can easily have ipsec enabled etc. > > Robin > I just use the mac address filter so only hardware I know about can get on! Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html