Do you know the model number?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 December 2010 20:44, Ben Dembroski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net">ben@dembroski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
If the router in question is my old netgear, I'm pretty sure it won't<br>
support anything fun like DDwrt.<br>
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On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:29 +0000, Martin McGrath wrote:<br>
> I'll check out the router and firmware when I pop in on Tuesday.<br>
> OpenWRT/DDwrt provide the ability to cap usage based on bandwidth<br>
> used, other ways to lock the device down, as well as making the usage<br>
> stats available online (securely) and allowing remote administration.<br>
><br>
> If the hardware is supported this may be something worth doing, though<br>
> I'm not sure who'd make that decision :)<br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
><br>
> Martin<br>
><br>
> On 19 December 2010 12:18, Clive Mitchell <<a href="mailto:bigclive1@gmail.com">bigclive1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It's odd to even find a broadband package with a cap these<br>
> days. You<br>
> could ask the provider to stop the service as soon as the cap<br>
> is<br>
> reached instead of letting it roll on at expense.<br>
><br>
> My guess is that either your WEP password has been cracked<br>
> (not hard)<br>
> or that more likely someone in the vicinity has simply asked<br>
> and been<br>
> given the password, then passed it onto friends who might be<br>
> using the<br>
> WiFi in nearby buildings using a suitable antenna.<br>
><br>
> Making sure it's on WAP2 and changing the password on a<br>
> reasonably<br>
> regular basis might be a good idea.<br>
><br>
> On 19 December 2010 11:54, Simon Yuill <<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org">simon@lipparosa.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > I will phone our providers on Monday to check there are not<br>
> more charges.<br>
> > Hopefully it is just a one-off thing.<br>
> ><br>
> > Also changing wifi password is a good idea and checking over<br>
> current<br>
> > machine setups, etc.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Clive Mitchell<br>
><br>
><br>
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