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is someone on my wi-fi network?
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 9, 2004 at 12:01:06 Pacific OS: Me CPU/Ram: Athlon 1.2 256 Mb
Comment:
I was looking at the router from my browser, and I noticed a computer named "mikey" attached to my network. This isn't one of my computers. How do I tell if someone is riding on my wireless network. I'm running a netgear g-router in stock configuration. And if someone is, how do I block them off?
Name: ABearden Date: November 9, 2004 at 12:03:01 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, you're being piggy-backed. To block them, you need to setup MAC address filtering, and possibly WEP encryption.
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Response Number 2
Name: vipergg Date: November 9, 2004 at 14:30:26 Pacific
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Hate to be sarcastic but people need to read the manual instead of just plugging these things in , out of the box yes they are wide open and anyone can attach to your network and use you bandwidth .
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Response Number 3
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 9, 2004 at 17:04:05 Pacific
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Gee, thanks for the RTFM comment it REALLY helps.....
Any suggestions for software to trace it back to where it came from?
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Response Number 4
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 10, 2004 at 15:21:30 Pacific
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I went so far as to block the IP address and activate WEP.....any other suggestions?
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Response Number 5
Name: vipergg Date: November 10, 2004 at 15:57:26 Pacific
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Implement a non default SSID on your router and wireless nic's and implement mac address filtering on your acess point , this will keep them off .
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Response Number 6
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 11, 2004 at 06:13:59 Pacific
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many thanks :) I will look into getting that done tonite :)
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Response Number 7
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 16, 2004 at 16:47:05 Pacific
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how would one implement mac address filtering? I don't see that option when I log into the router...Since I activated WEP, I'm having some trouble getting my girlfriend's latop on the internet. Even though she knows the SSID and passphrase, and it brings the key up on her wireless card...
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Response Number 8
Name: pimpinaman Date: November 22, 2004 at 15:06:59 Pacific
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ok got the MAC filtering working. It was under a strange menu to get into it. WEP is still being difficult.
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