[GTALUG] Suggestions for stopping occasional spurious use of commercial wi-fi

[Howard Gibson]

On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:50:14 -0400
James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On 09/16/2018 01:45 PM, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
> >
> > What's a good approach? I have considered
> >
> 
> Many people use separate routers, as they're not happy with the Rogers
> hardware.  I run pfSense on a refurb computer.  All you have to do is
> put the modem in bridge mode and connect your router.  Also, you may
> want to get something other than a Cisco modem.  Rogers doesn't support
> IPv6 on them.  I have a Hitron modem in bridge mode.

   My DSL modem has a firewall feature that my vendor recommends not using.  I have a wireless router that serves as my firewall, and I have a long security key.  I am so glad I took typing in high school.  

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