While troubleshooting a wireless issue with a point to point network I had with a friend, we came across a neighbor who was unsecured. If you are walking, it is exceptionally easy to identify which house a given wireless is coming from. The signal strength meter is a fairly good indicator.
As we knew and liked the family, we knocked on his door and asked him how he liked his high speed internet. He indicated it was fine and why? We suggested that since he had 3 computers (we could easily identify) on it did he mind sharing with the neighborhood. We fixed it for him (and quite co-incidentally changed his channel so he wouldn't be on ours). Just a community service and all As to printing out on someone else's system, you never know how people are going to react when startled or frightened so not something I would do. Steven On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Roger Wright <rwri...@evatone.com> wrote: > I did exactly the same thing, however, my neighbor ended up doing it > himself. No free lunch for me! > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > _____ > > > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:55 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection - made OT > > > > A guy I used to work with accessed his neighbors wireless, printed something > out on the neighbors printer to the effect that if he wanted help securing > his wireless network, that he would be glad to assist, for a small fee of > course. His neighbor took him up on that offer. I think the payment was > dinner. > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jeremy Anderson <jer...@mapiadmin.net> > wrote: > > I have a SSID in my apartment complex called “fish-tacos” > > > > And when wireless was still new – we once drove through a subdivision and > changed all the open access points to Star Wars characters. > > > > There was the Luke, Chewbacca, DarthVader, and Yoda networks. > > > > From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:45 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
