Hotel Wi-Fi
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From: Chasing Dreams
Hotel Wi-Fi
This is probably a stupid question but I don't know the answer.
I have a laptop that I connect to my home network and hence have the drives open to sharing. Now if I take this to a hotel and log onto their free wi-fi, what's stopping anyone else in the hotel accessing my drives?
As far as I can guess is that we'll all be on the same network and as long as the drives are shared then there is nothing to stop someone else accessing them.
I have a laptop that I connect to my home network and hence have the drives open to sharing. Now if I take this to a hotel and log onto their free wi-fi, what's stopping anyone else in the hotel accessing my drives?
As far as I can guess is that we'll all be on the same network and as long as the drives are shared then there is nothing to stop someone else accessing them.
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as the drives are shared then there is nothing to stop someone else accessing them.
Of course if your guest account is enabled, and your drives are shared at the root with read access for everyone, then you have problems!
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i also have a stupid question i hope you guys dont mind to answer.
how do i start a thread on pprune? i am new to pprune. i just cant find how to start my own thread like everyone else seems able to do.
would appreciate your help guys,
sf12
how do i start a thread on pprune? i am new to pprune. i just cant find how to start my own thread like everyone else seems able to do.
would appreciate your help guys,
sf12
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From: Chasing Dreams
Saab, I agree I'm in trouble, on my home network I don't have passwords active, there are only two of us, my wife and myself, passwords seemed excessive, so I'll just have to disable sharing before I leave.
Short Final,
At the top of the thread list on the left hand side is a small icon about the size of the "post reply" icon and says "new thread", click there.
Short Final,
At the top of the thread list on the left hand side is a small icon about the size of the "post reply" icon and says "new thread", click there.
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passwords seemed excessive, so I'll just have to disable sharing before I leave.
Apply passwords to all other accounts.
Start your firewall (at least the windows XP firewall) - you can turn it off at home if you wish.
Are you running XP home or Pro - or
ista? Can you apply NTFS permissions to shares (i.e. not just share-level controls)?SD
