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

[Nick lawrie]

Sorry for unrelated question, but does anyone know how i can stop my  
email receiving ELECTRON notifications. Tried the automated email  
thing but no effect.


Nick
On 20 Dec 2010, at 09:19, Martin McGrath wrote:

> Not to worry Ben,
>
> I'll find out tomorrow.
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
> On 20 December 2010 09:09, Ben Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net> wrote:
> 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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