GadgetsRme
R.I.P. dadkins
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join:2002-01-30
Canon City, CO
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Re: Hiding unsecured wireless networks
1. Do what SoonerAl said plus ask your neighbor to secure his wireless.
2. If necessary take away wireless devices and or power cords at the appropriate time.
3. If that is defied it is time for a meeting with the "board of education" and their bottoms and take away all computer privileges
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Glen T
join:2003-11-03
BC
| said by GadgetsRme  :1. Do what SoonerAl said plus ask your neighbor to secure his wireless. 2. If necessary take away wireless devices and or power cords at the appropriate time. 3. If that is defied it is time for a meeting with the "board of education" and their bottoms and take away all computer privileges Not so simple:
1. I have three daughters who are high-school age. I have to allow them access to their computer (they share it) for actual school work. They can stay up as late as they want writing an essay, but Internet access is just a distraction. They know that they have to finish their online chatting and research by 10:00 pm.
2. They need access to the wireless network for printing, etc. I cannot disable all my computers too (I work from home). But I can shut down Internet access across all of them.
3. I'd have to go door-to-door to find out who owns what wireless access point. I actually went as far as to log on to one of them (of course they haven't changed the default password) and I changed the default SSID to "SecureMePlease". Didn't help.
I could just lock them out of their own routers by setting up security "for them" but that's a bit too nasty. |
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Glen T
join:2003-11-03
BC
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By the way, this problem may be more common than you think. My nephew, who is 3rd year university, has been running up the limit on my Brother-in-law's ISP account by downloading music and movies 24/7. Since B-in-L works out of a home office, this wasn't good. He tried restricting access, and now the 'kid' just logs onto his neighbor's wireless.
Be nice if manufacturers of consumer WAPs would amend their getting started wizards to included setting up security and encryption, instead of defaulting to nothing at all. |
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@verizon.ne
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Glen T
3. I actually went as far as to log on to one of them (of course they haven't changed the default password) and I changed the default SSID to "SecureMePlease".
That is not legally allowed. If you are caught you will be in serious trouble. What ever you do, do not do that again.
I think I know why "that did not help." They must, ex: by pressing the reset button, reset their router to connect to it. |
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ff1324
Everybody Goes Home
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join:2002-08-24
On Four Day
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That is not legally allowed. If you are caught you will be in serious trouble. What ever you do, do not do that again.
Really? Show me the law where he is that says he can't do that.
And I think that Shootist has by far the best solution. If there's a hard wire, there's no chance of them getting on the neighbor's network.
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