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cast-fish:
right coreplayer.....you see my router here is extremely unusual. It is probably one of the few router designs on earth that does not have a flashing traffic light for ativity. There are about 30 million of these router boxes in the UK. The reason the box was designed this way is the TELCO do not want customers realizing that the box is acting as a free WI FI hotspot for public in the street outside their home. You cant see an activity light and therefor don't know your router is passing traffic or even potentially also ha an intruder. My TELCO also dont tell you in the DSL contract that your "optionally opted into the WI FI pool" ...i'ts a tiny sentnce on page 6 of the contract and meaningless to 99 percent of customers and thats even if they actually ever see their contract....most don't So yes, because of the hotspotting the router box is therefor prety powerful and signal area ia about 30 meters...plenty of scope for potential intruders sat close by

cast-fish:
......or even potentially has an intruder.....

cast-fish:
finally.......yes, the box does not even have an activity flashing light for Channel 1 wi-fi signals going into my room area. So if you got any intruder on that channel you can't detect this visually......for example, often is the times that when i use the web it's static web pages for hours....if an extra intruedre was surfng VIDEO in those hours or streaming music....i would know via a flashing activity light.....but NO LIGHT on my box ruins this safety net.

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