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Old 08-03-2005   #1
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What the hell is a network card? I recently got wireless broadband. But it needs a network card to plug into my PC. Can i not use my modem?

Also, can my wireless broadband be intercepted? Can people use my receiver to use broadband themselves? And can they see whatever I'm doing on the internet?
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they can sniff out your wireless connection sure, I get poeple trying all the time. But that is what routers and firwalls are made for!
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But aint a firewall on my PC? Cant they just intercept the signal from the antenna???
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I don't know much about wireless networking but if you set everything up correctly then the signal should be incrypted afaik.

But a real hacker can get in to anything.
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