I'm well aware that someone with, as I said, wifi knowledge could see my router even with the radio broadcast turned off. But I get the distinct feeling that none of my neighbors has that kind of knowledge. I base that on the 2 neighbors who are using their family names, and the 4 neighbors who have "2wire" as their network names, not to mention the poor idiot who is using the default settings that come up when you turn the router on the very first time. Murray
________________________________ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection "None of my neighbors sees me because my radio broadcast is turned off!!!" Well... actually that may not be 100% true.... Kismet will show you the SSID of any AP with broadcast SSID disabled as soon as a client associates. http://www.kismetwireless.net ________________________________ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection In my neighborhood, a couple of my neighbors are using their last name, so that's no problem, but there are 4 that were installed by Geek Squad because they use the name 2WIRE followed by 3 numbers, and there is no duplication. Then there's the idiot who has the name "default", and of course it's unsecured. Finally there's one named FREE PUBLIC WIFI and it too is unsecured, and is not always turned on, so I suspect it's someone trying to steal info! The unsecured "default" is just asking for someone with wifi knowledge to log into his router and change the password and then the settings. I've been tempted, very tempted! None of my neighbors sees me because my radio broadcast is turned off!!! Murray ________________________________ From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name "Bongo" (Couldn't think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
