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if someone were connecting to your wifi
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InlineFive
Diamond Member
ipconfig /all only lists MAC address present on your local machine. Not what MACs are connected to a WAP or SOHO router.
Why stop at 20 digits? Go for 63 semi-randomized mixed characters if your devices support them. (And if not, then the maximum your WPA/WPA2 implementation supports.) If you want, you can even use a public service to generate them if you don't trust your own randomization for some reason.
E.g.
http://www.speedguide.net/wlan_key.php
Capture that into a text file, save it somewhere, and copy/paste it into the configuration fields.
E.g.
http://www.speedguide.net/wlan_key.php
Capture that into a text file, save it somewhere, and copy/paste it into the configuration fields.
Lemon law
Lifer
In terms of playing what do we know for a certainty---do we (1) Even know if anyone is piggybacking on RonP's wireless network? (2) What if any networks file sharing was implemented at the time of the suspected piggybacking?
So it seems to me the logical advice is to go fairly big in one step---implement WEP2 with a long as possible password---and then monitor for anyone else using the network in future.
But if RobP got owned by someone really competent---they probably already put a back door program on RobP's computers---and will get back in sooner or later even if they have to use someone else's internet access to do it.---and then they will just pull whatever passwords they need to re-piggyback on from RobP's network. And if that proves to be the case--only a total reformat of all effected computers will cure the problem for sure.---but if WEP2 works for even a few weeks with no one piggybacking on----RobP should be able to relax.
But its also important to stress that this should be a case of going from absolutely NO SECURITY to decent security---and to stress that in a no security situation---almost any modern off the shelf lap top computer in the vicinity will automatically detect the presence of a wi fi hotspot---and who can blame any that log on.
So it seems to me the logical advice is to go fairly big in one step---implement WEP2 with a long as possible password---and then monitor for anyone else using the network in future.
But if RobP got owned by someone really competent---they probably already put a back door program on RobP's computers---and will get back in sooner or later even if they have to use someone else's internet access to do it.---and then they will just pull whatever passwords they need to re-piggyback on from RobP's network. And if that proves to be the case--only a total reformat of all effected computers will cure the problem for sure.---but if WEP2 works for even a few weeks with no one piggybacking on----RobP should be able to relax.
But its also important to stress that this should be a case of going from absolutely NO SECURITY to decent security---and to stress that in a no security situation---almost any modern off the shelf lap top computer in the vicinity will automatically detect the presence of a wi fi hotspot---and who can blame any that log on.
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