Comments on: How Likely Are You For Wi-Fi Theft? http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stuart spraguehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24912 Stuart sprague Fri, 22 May 2009 13:03:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24912 If you use WPA2 with a decent sized PW everything else is just extra work and wasted time especially if you have friends coming in and out or if you add temp devices regularly. If you use MAC filters you have to add and remove all the temp devices continuously or grow your MAC list to a pretty big size and as stated earlier they are fairly easy to spoof and sniff out. but with good WPA2 enabled :if you can't connect in the first place you cant sniff the MACs or steal the Wi- Fi to start with. why do all the extra work???? If you use WPA2 with a decent sized PW everything else is just extra work and wasted time especially if you have friends coming in and out or if you add temp devices regularly. If you use MAC filters you have to add and remove all the temp devices continuously or grow your MAC list to a pretty big size and as stated earlier they are fairly easy to spoof and sniff out. but with good WPA2 enabled :if you can’t connect in the first place you cant sniff the MACs or steal the Wi- Fi to start with. why do all the extra work????

]]> By: DaveMchttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24819 DaveMc Wed, 20 May 2009 19:55:13 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24819 Is there a command I can key in that will show if anyone is using my wireless? Is there a command I can key in that will show if anyone is using my wireless?

]]> By: Rich Mengahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24633 Rich Menga Sun, 17 May 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24633 Yes there is a way but I won't state how to do it here. :)You could, however, set up another router you're not using as a "fly trap" of sorts. Configure the old router as you normally would, but leave it completely open with no WAN connection. Every few weeks, change the SSID on your WAN-connected router and then use the old name on your open one. The would-be internet-stealer will connect to the open router but not be able to go anywhere.It will probably be quite interesting to see how many MAC addresses the no-WAN open router logs over a period of time. :) Yes there is a way but I won’t state how to do it here. :)

You could, however, set up another router you’re not using as a “fly trap” of sorts. Configure the old router as you normally would, but leave it completely open with no WAN connection. Every few weeks, change the SSID on your WAN-connected router and then use the old name on your open one. The would-be internet-stealer will connect to the open router but not be able to go anywhere.

It will probably be quite interesting to see how many MAC addresses the no-WAN open router logs over a period of time. :)

]]> By: David Mhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24630 David M Sun, 17 May 2009 01:22:14 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24630 Is there a way of totally screwing up a someones computer that is stealing your bandwidth? Not that I would ever consider doing such a thing. :D Is there a way of totally screwing up a someones computer that is stealing your bandwidth? Not that I would ever consider doing such a thing. :D

]]> By: Floyd Bufkinhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24542 Floyd Bufkin Fri, 15 May 2009 12:42:06 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24542 If you don't use wireless, disable it. I have many times gone to client's site and discovered that the wireless is enabled, and broadcasting in open mode, although the client had no wireless connections in use. They did not even know they had their wireless on and broadcasting. If you don’t use wireless, disable it. I have many times gone to client’s site and discovered that the wireless is enabled, and broadcasting in open mode, although the client had no wireless connections in use. They did not even know they had their wireless on and broadcasting.

]]> By: SAPhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-likely-are-you-for-wi-fi-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-24540 SAP Fri, 15 May 2009 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9650#comment-24540 Limiting access by MAC address helps protect against casual (ab)users, but the MAC address of the router and any devices it communicates with are very easy to snoop. But every little helps.==How about "security through profanity" ?!?One network SSID I saw contained several instances of an expletive - which I won't document here ;-)I suppose the idea is that no-one would want to select that name ... Limiting access by MAC address helps protect against casual (ab)users, but the MAC address of the router and any devices it communicates with are very easy to snoop. But every little helps.

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How about “security through profanity” ?!?

One network SSID I saw contained several instances of an expletive – which I won’t document here ;-)

I suppose the idea is that no-one would want to select that name …

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