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

[David Collier-Brown]

I have a Rogers-supplied router and cable modem package, which twice has 
shown significant usage when I was out, once with the original unit and 
once with their replacement Cisco.  That makes me suspicious of the 
current state of authentication for wi-fi schemes (and I use the term 
"schemes" advisedly: they used to horribly leaky (;-))

What's a good approach? I have considered

  * MAC address lists,
  * no wi-fi (strictly wired doesn't work with solid concrete walls),
  * a second router with a more secure protocol (/is/ there such a
    protocol? And will my wife's Mac speak it?))
  * something I haven't thought of

--dave

[The usage never runs me over my limit: I think someone is using me for 
downloads that might put /them/ over their limit]

-- 
David Collier-Brown,         | Always do right. This will gratify
System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest
davecb at spamcop.net           |                      -- Mark Twain

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