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voodooflux replied

21 November 2008, 11:21
Originally posted by zeitghost

Shielded CAT6 is the only way to go...

This man (sorry, alien) speaks the truth.
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pmeswani replied

21 November 2008, 11:11
Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

Have been hearing stories that wireless networks are not safe due to the wireless emmissions that are transmitted.

Is this true or is this really nothing to worry about - I have a w/n set up at home and am a little concerned.

Comments welcome please...

Are you experiencing headaches and bleeding nose? If not, you don't have much to worry about. But if you want to throw caution to the wind, use powerline adaptors and disable wireless. There is very little evidence (imo) that proves any absolute proof that wireless is totally unsafe.
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Bob Dalek replied

21 November 2008, 10:45
Simple test of wireless safety: Place Pot Noodle, with COLD water in the container, near the router. Wait an hour. If Pot Noodle is still rock hard, full of cold water, with a few peas floating on top, then the radiation level is safe; else, you are going to die shortly, so end your time with a piping-hot Bombay Bad Boy.
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QwertyBerty replied

21 November 2008, 10:41
I bought some wireless eqpt a few years ago, only to find it gave me headaches, the effects of which lasted hours after coming off the web. Changed to a cabled/powerline solution.

Having said that wireless networks at clients' offices don't seem to affect me. But at home I was sitting 2 feet from the wireless modem!

QB.
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TheFaQQer replied

21 November 2008, 09:56
Ever since Thalidomide and Watergate, every so-called "investigative journalist" is always looking for the next Thalidomide or Watergate, which is why you get such sensationalist claptrap as the 2007 Panorama programme about how bad wifi can be for your health.

I can't remember the exact figures, but to get the same radiation from an hour on a mobile phone, you need to be in a wifi zone for five years, or something crazy like that.
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

21 November 2008, 01:03
Never done me any ........oh hang on.
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voodooflux replied

20 November 2008, 22:41
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6677051.stm

Just wear a tin foil hat to be on the safe side.
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kaiser78 started a topic Wireless Networks - Safe At Home

20 November 2008, 21:12
Wireless Networks - Safe At Home

Have been hearing stories that wireless networks are not safe due to the wireless emmissions that are transmitted.

Is this true or is this really nothing to worry about - I have a w/n set up at home and am a little concerned.

Comments welcome please...
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