[ELECTRON] charges due to excess usage of Electron Club broadband

[Ben Dembroski]

I knew you were going to ask me that.  ;)

I haven't looked at it for over a year, but I think it's a W834g ?
Maybe.  I got the thing for free when we signed up for broadband at
home, so didn't really pay much attention.

Really though, I'm just guessing.

Sorry Martin.

On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 20:54 +0000, Martin McGrath wrote:
> Do you know the model number?
> 
> On 19 December 2010 20:44, Ben Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net> wrote:
>         If the router in question is my old netgear, I'm pretty sure
>         it won't
>         support anything fun like DDwrt.
>         
>         
>         On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:29 +0000, Martin McGrath wrote:
>         > I'll check out the router and firmware when I pop in on
>         Tuesday.
>         > OpenWRT/DDwrt provide the ability to cap usage based on
>         bandwidth
>         > used, other ways to lock the device down, as well as making
>         the usage
>         > stats available online (securely) and allowing remote
>         administration.
>         >
>         > If the hardware is supported this may be something worth
>         doing, though
>         > I'm not sure who'd make that decision :)
>         >
>         > Cheers
>         >
>         > Martin
>         >
>         > On 19 December 2010 12:18, Clive Mitchell
>         <bigclive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         >         It's odd to even find a broadband package with a cap
>         these
>         >         days.  You
>         >         could ask the provider to stop the service as soon
>         as the cap
>         >         is
>         >         reached instead of letting it roll on at expense.
>         >
>         >         My guess is that either your WEP password has been
>         cracked
>         >         (not hard)
>         >         or that more likely someone in the vicinity has
>         simply asked
>         >         and been
>         >         given the password, then passed it onto friends who
>         might be
>         >         using the
>         >         WiFi in nearby buildings using a suitable antenna.
>         >
>         >         Making sure it's on WAP2 and changing the password
>         on a
>         >         reasonably
>         >         regular basis might be a good idea.
>         >
>         >         On 19 December 2010 11:54, Simon Yuill
>         <simon at lipparosa.org>
>         >         wrote:
>         >         > I will phone our providers on Monday to check
>         there are not
>         >         more charges.
>         >         > Hopefully it is just a one-off thing.
>         >         >
>         >         > Also changing wifi password is a good idea and
>         checking over
>         >         current
>         >         > machine setups, etc.
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         --
>         >         Clive Mitchell
>         >
>         >
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