on your router, are you using any type of security? if you go to the settings you can check on the wireless settings.

have you tried changing the router settings? do you use WPA or WEP?

is that really hard to do? no, would he learn a lot from doing it? yes.
what you suggest, flashp the firmware on the router is more dangerous and might actually take longer.

It would be so much easier if you just replaced the switch with the router.

you would want to replace the switch with the router. To do what you suggested, you would have had to have bought an Access Point, it looks like a router, but it's not, it only provides a wireless...

>hi, most probably your system has been hacked, check the event viewer, see if you can find any event log that is suspicious..just an idea..hope that helps..

that doesn't seem likely because the...

> um, why not just burn them to cd or dvd and mail them by recorded delivery ?

it would take them quite a few dvd's, or a couple blu ray discs, (blu ray is way too expensive).

you have to adjust the settings on the ftp server so that it allows bigger files to be sent. i think you're also using way too much bandwidth, so this could be a problem also.

you should reset your router and make sure you're forwarding the necesary ports.