Securing a wireless network?

[Hoon]

Yep another plug for WPA. WEP was compromised years ago and any script kiddie with a wireless laptop and a knopplix iso can crack your WEP password in 10 mins (bored nerds drive around neighbourhoods doing this for fun).

Change default router password.
Change default SSID (otherwise people can work out the brand of your router)
Set up WPA.

You'd be suprised how many SSID "linksys" wireless home networks are out there with the default admin password.

[Lias]

You guys should PM him all these tips or someit, rather than posting it publically.

As someone who makes extensive uses of open wirless routers I dont like so much info on securing them being public.

Hell everytime I go away to a motel or whatever its guranteed there is a free or crackable wirless in range. At work I use an open wirless site to avoid our net usage logging. etc.

My life would suck much more without open wifi :-P

[boomer]

ahahha funnily enough i use WEP not WPA.

Someone once told me; don't tell people EVERYTHING.. just tell them enough.


Bunch of feckin GEEKS..and i see that Sanx, Mr kadiver

[Hoon]

Haha I have to use WEP too because the wireless card in my tivo doesn't support WPA. Hey WEP is better than nothing but if you have the option choose WPA.

Do as I say, not as I do

[Rupe]

thanks for everyones help. It's all secure as poss now.

Thanks

[boomer]

thanks for everyones help. It's all secure as poss now.

Thanks

so where's my

2. bling

kids of today.. what a fookin liberty! I charge a 100 an hour for this shit and you just got it for free.

[xgnr]

You guys should PM him all these tips or someit, rather than posting it publically.

As someone who makes extensive uses of open wirless routers I dont like so much info on securing them being public.

Hell everytime I go away to a motel or whatever its guranteed there is a free or crackable wirless in range. At work I use an open wirless site to avoid our net usage logging. etc.

My life would suck much more without open wifi :-P

Is this theft?

Someone leaves the door unlocked... you help yourself to their "cash"... theft or not??

[Lias]

Is this theft?

Someone leaves the door unlocked... you help yourself to their "cash"... theft or not??

If the WAP is wide open, It's very much a legal grey area. In some parts of the world there is specific legislation against it, but none here afaik. There are a surprising large amount of generally free WAP's (especially in the US), but I supsect the majority in nz are clueless uers.

Cracking WEP and using it would be illegal in NZ i believe thou.