Author: Philip Stubbs Date: To: Alan Pope, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ethernet over mains
* Alan Pope (alan@???) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:31:36PM +0100, Mark Johnson wrote:
> > > If you don't change the passwords then supposedly there's the
> > > possibility that someone could join your network with a rogue unit.
> > > Does anyone know if this is physically possible from an adjacent property?
> > >
> > As I understand it, yes this is possible. The signal strength in an
> > adjacent property would be far weaker than in your own, but it'd still be
> > possible for them to connect if they had the password.
> >
>
> <pedant>
>
> I always thought that the 3 phases alternated between properties, so you're
> actually more likely to see the signal at the house 3 doors down than next
> door.
>
> </pedant>
And I always thought that in a domestic situation, the three phases
were divided into blocks. I don't know why I thought that so could
well be wrong.
