How to check if someones using ur wireless connection?
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Nothing is impossible. No matter how unimportant something is, a person with evil intent will find a use for it. Home users or corporate, they give no damn.Originally posted by Phaze:The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN by George Ou
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43
The only place where I disagree with him slightly is the part where he says WEP is useless. Although WEP is relatively easy to crack, I still think for the most part, nobody would bother to crack the typical home user.
The only reason to use WEP is if your wireless client doesn't support WPA. -
it's easy to tap into mac addresses.Originally posted by abao:near my house got i unsecured router. i managed to tap, access the router settings and delete my own mac address, at the same time i looked at the names of the owner's computers before i disconnected.
then i did a yellow pages search and found their address......
that said i didnt do any harm to them nor leech from their router...
but normally those "less tech savy" will try to access, if they couldnt then they would switch to another. -
I agree with you.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Nothing is impossible. No matter how unimportant something is, a person with evil intent will find a use for it. Home users or corporate, they give no damn.
For those who care about security, they should use WPA2 with a strong key.
We kinda got off point though. My fault probably. :p
The point I was trying to make is:
If you are worried about people tapping into your wireless network and using your network resources, you should secure your wireless networking using the strongest means possible.
Rather than checking all the time who has come through the door, you should just lock the door and give the key to people who are authorized to enter. -
update your router's firmware... or use a firmware that allows to see device list.
