[vox-tech] Neighbor's printers

Cam Ellison cam at ellisonet.ca
Mon Apr 23 12:59:52 PDT 2012


On 12-04-23 12:41 PM, Richard Harke wrote:
> This morning when I went to print something, the print menu showed two 
> extra printers that apparently belong to a neighbor. Since my wi-fi is 
> secured with WPA2, if even if the neighbors isn't, how is this possible?
The neighbour's probably aren't.   Wireless security is generally set up 
against inbound traffic, not outbound.  You probably don't want the 
latter.  Those printers are broadcasting their availability, so your 
system makes them available to you.

Cheers

Cam



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