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allisolm

Elite Member
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Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: calvinbiss
only mine, and its unsecured becuase i don't have any neighbors close enough to usurp

Exactly.

 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Eh I'd have to turn on my laptop to get the info, but I saw it a couple days ago when I didn't have internet and wondered if someone had unprotected intarwebz at my grasp. I found 2 local with high signal strength but were WPA protected. I don't have my brute force network key cracking software so they were a no-go. But the "Man Cave" was somewhat available and unprotected.... but I couldn't connect to it :(.

Mine's currently secured with WPA, MAC filtering and limited DHCP :eek:.
 

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: Aikouka
Mine's currently secured with WPA, MAC filtering and limited DHCP :eek:.
You've just got to make sure that it's not the most attractive network and you'll be set. If someone really wanted on my network, they could get there, but I've taken a few precautions with the network.

 

manlymatt83

Lifer
Oct 14, 2005
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I've got mine plus:

-Pimp Shack (unsecured)
-lola (unsecured)
-Tom's Netowrk (WEP)
-mariag (WEP)
-2WIRE842 (WEP)

How about you?

5 networks

linksys (unsecured)
belkin54g (unsecured)
--inappropriate name-- (WEP)
2girls3 (unsecured)
pixiedust (WEP)
 

manlymatt83

Lifer
Oct 14, 2005
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Originally posted by: eLiu
Just a bunch of school routers.

edit: it's not protected/secured, but you can't go anywhere on the internet until you've registered your MAC address with the school servers.

I designed my college's system for this when I was in school. That was fun.
 

Kaervak

Diamond Member
Jul 18, 2001
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Just me all by myself.

Hyperion (WPA2 with a 63 character ASCII passphrase)
 

xanis

Lifer
Sep 11, 2005
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Just my own.... I don't pick up any other networks because all the houses around me are spaced out.

 

radioouman

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Nov 4, 2002
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Channel / SSID / Speed / Encryption
11 / robert / 54 / none
6 / linksys / 54 / none
6 / linksys / 54 / none
4 / DAVEHOME / 54 / WEP
6 / linksys / 11 / none
6 / linksys / 54 / none
6 / TITUS / 54 / WEP
6 / charlie_SafeGyT / 54 / WEP
6 / linksys_SES_9833 / 54 / WEP
6 / linksys / 54 / none
6 / linksys / 54 / none
6 / 2WIRE913 / 54 / WEP
6 / 2WIRE678 / 54 / WEP
6 / Steelers / 54 / WEP
11 / 2WIRE276 / 54 / WEP
2 / Home / 54 / WEP
6 / Idiot / 54 / WEP
9 / crabnet / 54 / WEP
6 / 2WIRE213 / 54 / WEP
6 / Dolphins / 54 / WEP

This is at my house in a subdivision.
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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2WIRE606 - WEP
KENWORTHY - WEP
2WIRE328 - WEP
2WIRE828 - WEP
Mine - WEP

My neighbor used to have a "Gateway" WAP without encyption, though... not sure what happened to it.
 

slackwarelinux

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Sep 22, 2004
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not_so_hidden - unsecured (mine)
Sedwick - unsecured
Stone - unsecured

Later in the night I can pick up six or seven unsecured networks.
I keep mine unsecured for plausible deniability reasons.
 

NatePo717

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Jun 6, 2005
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belkin54g - secured (mine)
linksys - unsecured
default - unsecured
241D - secured
SDMHXXI - secured
motorola 68B - unsecured
whoa - unsecured
Cookies - secured
fate - unsecured
Butter Tits - secured (LOL)
bleepbloop - secured
 

JRich

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Jun 7, 2005
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ESSID:"Hesed"
Encryption key: on
ESSID:"linksys"
Encryption key: off
ESSID:"Mobile" <------mine
Encryption key: on