Last night I just happen to connect to http://192.168.1.1/DHCP.htm and noticed
something odd that I haven't seen before. There was a 2nd Wireless IP
address on my local LAN. But I only have 1 wireless card connected on a
Windows 2k machine. This one had a different Hostname on it so I'm think
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Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn it off).
But please excuse my ignorance, if you run a "public" access point to
which no control is done, do you really expect peopl
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:59:22 -0600
Chris Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> someone in the area was using my bandwidth/ broadband connection. So my next
> question is how should I prevent this in the furture? Should turning on WEP
> on my router fix this?
Yes, but do it *soon*. There is no
On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
> Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
> helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn it off).
>
Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP. I'm not sure how to setup MAC
address filtering but I'll lo
Chris Cox wrote:
On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn it off).
Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP. I'm not sure how to setup MAC
address fi
On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:49 am, Chris Cox wrote:
> On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
> > Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
> > helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn it off).
>
> Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP.
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Chris Cox wrote:
> Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP. I'm not sure how to setup MAC
> address filtering but I'll look into it.
Usually this can be setup in the web page for your access point.
> I guess I just never expected
> anyone to connect to my wireless netwo
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:27:00 -0600, Chris Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:49 am, Chris Cox wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
> > > Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
> > > helps). Also you should not adver
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Chris Cox wrote:
> MAC address filtering is also enabled. Does that mean nobody can come in my
> Wireless network now?
Yes and no. While it will block most people, MAC addresses can be spoofed
anyway.
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A. Khattri wrote:
> Yes and no. While it will block most people, MAC addresses can be spoofed
> anyway.
Any idea how they could get your MAC address, or the only one the AP
accepts? I don't think they would use brute force, but still don't know
if it'
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 14:43:18 -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> You're safer now, but it has been reported that sniffers can decode
> WEP if they scarf up enough data (it seems like a few weeks is
> enough). Probably a good idea (tm) not to leave your wireless powered
> on 24x7.
Or change your WEP key
Ralph Slooten ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled:
> A. Khattri wrote:
> > Yes and no. While it will block most people, MAC addresses can be spoofed
> > anyway.
>
> Any idea how they could get your MAC address, or the only one the AP
> accepts? I don't think they would use brute force, but still don't k
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 16:11 -0500, A. Khattri wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Chris Cox wrote:
>
> > Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP. I'm not sure how to setup MAC
> > address filtering but I'll look into it.
>
> Usually this can be setup in the web page for your access point.
>
> > I
On Saturday 05 March 2005 23:27, Chris Cox wrote:
> On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:49 am, Chris Cox wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
> > > Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but
> > > helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn i
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