Is it wrong of me to log onto my neighbors wireless network...

[aphex]

and leave them a text file saying they might want to enable WEP on their router? 🙂

Im actually getting stronger signals from them then i am from myself sometimes 😀

 

[Kaervak]

It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

its quite sad actually....

Doing a site survery i can see that 3 of them are still using the SSID: default and still on channel 6 😀

One of the others was nice enough to rename his router, but didnt put on any WEP.

 

[Radiohead]

Or you could just go over & tell him instead

 

[morkinva]

Of course its wrong - go over there and talk to him as if you were a man.😛

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Radiohead
Or you could just go over & tell him instead

I dont know if its directly next door.

Im in a complex and can see 6 networks right now.

 

[Darein]

Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope. 😀

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Kaervak
It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

its quite sad actually....

Doing a site survery i can see that 3 of them are still using the SSID: default and still on channel 6 😀

One of the others was nice enough to rename his router, but didnt put on any WEP.

Very true. I'm sure some people have no idea how big of a security hole they're leaving open.

 

[Tripleshot]

My wireless isn't wep inabled now, but I don't think it matters. No file or print sharing is on either.

 

[Krye]

OH NOS! HOW DID YOU HA><0R MY GI|3S0|\|???

/me enables my WEP

 

[T2T III]

Do you have a business card? If so, walk over and tell him that for $50, you'll have his wireless network sealed up in 30 minutes or less. If he says "no" - then, just leave your business card with him. I'm sure you'll get a call back within a couple of hours to accept your services.

I dare you to come through my neighborhood and try trolling my network. 128 bit WEP is enabled. Yeah baby! 😉

 

[Spac3d]

Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

 

[aphex]

Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption 😀

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption 😀

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Darein
Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope. 😀

You mean those who are Camming??

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

Depends on the router. Basic things to do are enable WEP, use MAC address filtering & disable SSID broadcast.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption 😀

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

Yep, ive been VERY impressed with this router/card combo... the 22mbps is nice as well 😀

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

You could start by reading the documentation that came with your product. It should direct you how to enable security protection on your network.

 

[MichaelD]

This is actually an interesting topic for me since I know next to nothing about wireless networking. I understand the concept and I know that WEP is Wireless Encryption Protocol (or close to it) but I'ld like to know more about wireless security.

Bump.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption 😀

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

Yep, ive been VERY impressed with this router/card combo... the 22mbps is nice as well 😀

I've been using their 11b+ line since the beginning of August. VERY impressed as well. Suposedly D-Link is/was going to be releasing new firmware for their 11b+ line to increase the speed, but haven't seen it yet. 🙁

 

[Aceshigh]

Damn, I didn't realize that wi-fi networking had become so popular.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
Damn, I didn't realize that wi-fi networking had become so popular.

Take a look here. 😉

 

[Crimson]

I changed the SSID on mine as well as enabling 156bit encryption.. Should be good, plus I am using 802.11a, 72 megabits/sec... Not many people use 802.11a, so thats some security in and of itself.. heh

 

[Darein]

Originally posted by: wje

Originally posted by: Darein
Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope. 😀

You mean those who are Camming??

Wasn't thinking that. That is weird if you ask me, very weird.

 

[Transition]

Anyone know where i can buy the Orinoco Gold cards? I can't find them anywhere local......