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Do you steal wireless internet?
JDSkydiver:
OK:
I have a NETGEAR Wireless Router connected to a Sprint DSL modem.
(No, I don't think you are stealing from me, unless you live in Las Vegas!)
Q-1:
What is the best wau to secure my wireless so no-one can free-load?
Q-2:
What is the best way to secure my DSL so my teens kids can't jump on the internet with IE instead of using the AOL with parental controls (just forund out their getting sneakier!)
Q-3:
What is the best way to "NAME" my wireless, so that when I, or guest, use their wireless laptops, they know what connection is mine.
Also, per Q-3, I'd like to rename my wireless to TROJAN VIRUS DEPOT or some other "scary" name to ward off lurkers...
Thanks!
JDSkydiver
Shape D.:
--- Quote from: JDSkydiver on May 10, 2005, 11:04:55 am ---Q-2:
What is the best way to secure my DSL so my teens kids can't jump on the internet with IE instead of using the AOL with parental controls (just forund out their getting sneakier!)
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delete it.
rampy:
check out this I, Cringely column on making an uber wireless mesh network
BTW: you should check out dslreports / broadband reports for info/guides on securing your wifi
The wifi router makers leave it wide open on purpose, to reduce support calls $$$
*shrug*
rampy
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: DemonBrew on May 10, 2005, 08:00:57 am ---Not entirely true. Ever run kismet or wellenreiter? They can see SSIDs even with broadcast off. It works like this: the access point doesn't "advertise" the SSID but, when one client connects to it, it looks for anthing responding to SSID XYZ. Anyone sniffing the air will see the laptop connect to SSID XYZ.
Wireless security should be multilayered. MAC address filtering, SSID broadcast off, strong encryption; all good stuff. Most APs already have basic security options available, you paid for them, might as well use them.
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It should be multilayered, but doesn't have to be. If you don't live in a place where that type of effort is necessary, why do it? I live in a rural area, anyone within range of my router would have to be visible to my house and parked outside my property. The only house with that type of range is an old man who wouldn't have any knowledge or use for wireless internet. The risk here is much lower than it would be in an apt building or dense area.
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 09, 2005, 07:31:08 pm ---Unfortunately some horse's ass was bit-torrenting or something so much that it was taking me down to dialup speed. So I had to secure it.
One person ruins it for the rest...
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This is why communism only works in theory, not in practice.
mr.C
Resident Socialist at heart.