Ok, my roomie just got a wireless router for free from someone at work, who was
upgrading to 802.11g. My laptop has wireless but I never bothered to try it,
because I didn't have a WAP to use. But today I thought I would set this thing
up to unchain the laptops, so to speak, and to my surprise (I live in a rural
area) I was getting a weak signal from another WAP somewhere! I connected into
it as it was unsecured, and found myself a nice Win98 machine with the C drive
shared read/write to all.
Now I'm a jerk, but I didn't do anything, I just placed a README_RIGHT_NOW.txt
on their desktop explaining the situation, and advising them on how to correct
it. That ought to freak them out a little bit.
So, just wondering. How many WAPs can you see from where you usually use your
computer? And are any of them secured? I set this one up to use WEP and not
broadcast, so I am hoping to be fairly safe. Do you use WEP or maybe that other
thing that's better than WEP...what's it called again...?
My record is 5 of them in my parents' condo downtown, all unsecured.
No wireless ap at my area. If not, I would have detected them.
Anyway, it is called WPA, or WI-fi Protected Access. Better than WEP. Use it if
your router supports it. If your router does not supports it, try checking the
manufacturer's site for the latest firmware.
Around 1 here, but I don't have a wireless router or a wap in my house. I found
out there was another wap point around this area when my friend brought his
laptop with him and detected it. You could pick up more by doing some... driving
but let's not talking about that
At here wireless internet is popular. I can see usually 2 zone from the same
isp, and 4-5 private network, but they are all secure and low signal quality
Quote by runemasterAnyway, it is
called WPA, or WI-fi Protected Access. Better than WEP. Use it if your router
supports it. If your router does not supports it, try checking the
manufacturer's site for the latest firmware.
Ah, thanks. I went ahead and upgraded the firmware on this thing to the latest
revision, which included WPA, but I forgot to back up the config so I need to do
that all over again. By default it gives out DHCP addresses on the LAN in
addition to the wireless, and this really gives my net-booted machine a good
time when its lease expires and it loses its NFS mounts ^_^;;
Also, that unsecured WAP I saw has vanished. Eh heh.
A friend and I went wardriving (looking for how many APs you can find, but never
connecting to any) on our way to Chicago. We found somewhere between 2-3k along
the way. Only about 35% secured.
I can see 54 from my apartment using an enormous 38" antenna. My friend
and I took it around town last spring, and we were able to map out about 1100
APs. Fun stuff.
i deliberately limited the range to 25 feet, it's encrypted and all comptuers on
it have any sort of file sharing disabled. I use temporary webservers or FTP
servers to tx data across the LAN which works just as well.
Quote by Takeyai deliberately limited the
range to 25 feet, it's encrypted and all comptuers on it have any sort of file
sharing disabled. I use temporary webservers or FTP servers to tx data across
the LAN which works just as well.
Ok, my roomie just got a wireless router for free from someone at work, who was upgrading to 802.11g. My laptop has wireless but I never bothered to try it, because I didn't have a WAP to use. But today I thought I would set this thing up to unchain the laptops, so to speak, and to my surprise (I live in a rural area) I was getting a weak signal from another WAP somewhere! I connected into it as it was unsecured, and found myself a nice Win98 machine with the C drive shared read/write to all.
Now I'm a jerk, but I didn't do anything, I just placed a README_RIGHT_NOW.txt on their desktop explaining the situation, and advising them on how to correct it. That ought to freak them out a little bit.
So, just wondering. How many WAPs can you see from where you usually use your computer? And are any of them secured? I set this one up to use WEP and not broadcast, so I am hoping to be fairly safe. Do you use WEP or maybe that other thing that's better than WEP...what's it called again...?
My record is 5 of them in my parents' condo downtown, all unsecured.
No wireless ap at my area. If not, I would have detected them.
Anyway, it is called WPA, or WI-fi Protected Access. Better than WEP. Use it if your router supports it. If your router does not supports it, try checking the manufacturer's site for the latest firmware.
Around 1 here, but I don't have a wireless router or a wap in my house. I found out there was another wap point around this area when my friend brought his laptop with him and detected it. You could pick up more by doing some... driving but let's not talking about that
At here wireless internet is popular. I can see usually 2 zone from the same isp, and 4-5 private network, but they are all secure and low signal quality
My university halls use Cisco WAPs, so I can see the one outside my door ^^ . I prefer cables over wireless anyday.
well i don't see one now but i have 75 of them loged that i picked up on my way to work and about quarter are unsecured
Ah, thanks. I went ahead and upgraded the firmware on this thing to the latest revision, which included WPA, but I forgot to back up the config so I need to do that all over again. By default it gives out DHCP addresses on the LAN in addition to the wireless, and this really gives my net-booted machine a good time when its lease expires and it loses its NFS mounts ^_^;;
Also, that unsecured WAP I saw has vanished. Eh heh.
A friend and I went wardriving (looking for how many APs you can find, but never connecting to any) on our way to Chicago. We found somewhere between 2-3k along the way. Only about 35% secured.
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I see about a dozen around this area.
I live in the suburbs, so there wouldn't be a lot of WAPs. Last time I checked, I could see two.
There is a lot in my area.
13, only checked one channel when my friend was over
2 netgear
1 linksys
10 nespot
not a big fan of wireless
I can see 54 from my apartment using an enormous 38" antenna. My friend and I took it around town last spring, and we were able to map out about 1100 APs. Fun stuff.
yeah one ... mine
i deliberately limited the range to 25 feet, it's encrypted and all comptuers on it have any sort of file sharing disabled. I use temporary webservers or FTP servers to tx data across the LAN which works just as well.
A little paranoid, are we?