Hi All, On 9/07/2012 8:38 PM, Mark Trickett wrote:
I have a friend currently running Windows on a laptop, where IE was so woeful that they were looking to upgrade the USB wireless broadband dongle. When I installed Firefox, matters improved, but some of the AV and malware software is not playing nice.
I am surprised that nobody seems to be concerned about the security of having your public IP address directly on the attached computer. Sure, you can firewall everything, but without a suitable firewall, your machine [Windows, Linux, Mac or other...] will be directly exposed to the Internet. I prefer to use MyFi type devices or mobiles as portable hotspots. Then there are also no issues with drivers on ANY machine and you only have to cater for local WiFi and/or a wired connection from the device. Here is one that I use: http://media.netcomm.com.au/public/assets/pdf_file/0014/33143/N3GT1W-Spec-Sh... - it has it's own battery, takes a USB modem and provides portable hotspot WITH security in mind. Cheers -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP Current Land Line No: 03 9012 2102 Mobile: 04 2574 1827 Fax: 03 9012 2178 National No: 1300 85 3804 Affinity Vision Australia Pty Ltd http://www.affinityvision.com.au http://adsl2choice.net.au In Case of Emergency -- http://www.affinityvision.com.au/ice.html