RE: Big networking question.

[extraducksauce]

I've been using a belkin wireless network (802.11 g) along with 10/100 ethernet connection (for printer sharing) between my laptop and CPU. Today, I checked who was on my network and some random computer was on there. (see image)

http://img79.exs.cx/img79/9500/whatthehell.jpg

What the FUCK?! So I right-clicked on the random icon, clicked on properties, and a dialog box came up and said that I don't have admin priveledges.

Um, yeah, this makes me a little . . . rather a lot a bit nervous.

What in the hell do I do?


best regards,
Francis
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p.s.
If you have a solution I'll see you a g-mail invite :)!!

[dickhertz]

ahahahahaaa you'll soon learn to use WEP keys and lock that wireless down to allow access from the mac addresses of your computers only ;)

don't just wait until the police knock on your door and ask about the illegal shit that neighbour did using your net connection, plus the fact that neighbour could easily have snooped through your shared folders :-/

[Anonymous]

ahahahahaaa you'll soon learn to use WEP keys and lock that wireless down to allow access from the mac addresses of your computers only ;)

don't just wait until the police knock on your door and ask about the illegal shit that neighbour did using your net connection, plus the fact that neighbour could easily have snooped through your shared folders :-/

Indeed very worrying that someone could easily access your network, i've been reading up on wireless myself before setting a wireless network up in my new(student) house to share broadband. Are there any good guides to setting a network up about?/ any advice for the "Hard of thinking" :lol: ( me!, computer wise anyway)

[extraducksauce]

what pisses me off is that with 10/100 is that you have to turn off the XP firewall protection for it to work. yeah, that makes sense :roll: .



"ahahahahaaa you'll soon learn to use WEP keys and lock that wireless down to allow access from the mac addresses of your computers only"

funny thing is i was looking up information on kismet (http://www.kismetwireless.net/) that can detect wireless networks and "sniff" out passwords . . . just the opposite of what i want to happen to my computer (karma i guess). Dan\/6, do you have anymore info on WEP keys?

[extraducksauce]

thamar,

thanks for the link. :D

[nthfinity]

i dont know much about wep keys... i know there are all sorts of toolz... but i can tell you, with a friend, we have gone driving around town with a laptop, and a 802.11g card, and i could hardly tell you how many networks are un-encrypted :-D

some are, but since so many arent, its usually not worth the fuss of breaking encryptions

[Toronto]

mayb the guy has a mac with airport express, (my brother hasn't payed for internet in a year and he still gets good speeds :wink: )

[evoWalo]

try setting up MAC address filtering so only your computer can use your wireless access point and keep your network hidden.

[EvoqSixteen]

Dan\/6, do you have anymore info on WEP keys?

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/1368661
http://www.kingsley-hughes.com/tech/security/wep.htm

use the strongest key your router supports (should be 128bit minimum but if you can do higher use it), and as I already said go into the web configuration for your router and find the Wireless Access Control section, and put the mac address for your computer/s and then make sure that mac address access control is enabled

edit: also make sure that you have changed the defualt router admin user/pass so no one else can get in and turn off filtering ;)

[Anonymous]

Dan\/6, do you have anymore info on WEP keys?

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/1368661
http://www.kingsley-hughes.com/tech/security/wep.htm

use the strongest key your router supports (should be 128bit minimum but if you can do higher use it), and as I already said go into the web configuration for your router and find the Wireless Access Control section, and put the mac address for your computer/s and then make sure that mac address access control is enabled

edit: also make sure that you have changed the defualt router admin user/pass so no one else can get in and turn off filtering ;)

Cheers for the links dan, looks like some very useful websites, now all i have to do is get my head round it so nobody uses our internet for dodgy stuff :wink:

[RC45]

Too funny... :)

[Regie]

Not that I'm encouraging this sort of stuff, but I'm currently leeching of a wireless network that hasn't been secured.
I'm overseas on work for 4 weeks and am staying at a service apartment thingy. I was here for a whole week using a combination of 56K dialup, GPRS on my mobile and having to venture to Starbucks when I wanted to VPN back to work after hours (god their macchiatos suck donkeys balls). Turned on my airport card last Friday and lo & behold there was an open network. The funny thing (for me at least) was that my powerbook struggles with WiFi reception due in part to the metal casing and poor position of the internal antenna.

Luckily this isn't Australia where alot of broadband plans have a specified amount of monthly downloads and the ISP charges around 15cents a meg over the limit. Else I'd feel really dirty and bad about the whole thing ;)

If you are having a wireless LAN at home, make sure it is secured with WEP , as mentioned above by thamar, evoWalo & Dan\/6.

mayb the guy has a mac with airport express, (my brother hasn't payed for internet in a year and he still gets good speeds :wink: )
I'm not getting excellent speeds, but it is good enough to browse JW and the occasional upload to the Mag section.