Are They Stealing My Wireless Internet?

#1 mz simmonz

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 04:40 PM

so I only have 1 (and sometimes 2) laptops on my wireless network. if it matters, i have a D-link router. My wireless has gotten very very very slow lately and i think it's because my neighbors are using my wireless connection. I know theres a way to "lock" it but I can't remember what it is. anyone have the instructions? thank you.

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#2 awdark

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 05:42 PM

Well if thats what you suspect, take a look at the lights... when your computers are off and your lights are blinking

..
Right?!

So setup wep.
General way...
Login to router, 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.100 (probably .0.1 )

Enter your username and password. Probably admin and blank. (if it is, PLEASE go change your username and password for your ISP

)

under wireless settings you should see encryption... wep encryption is what you seek.

after that it gets rather specific, so if you can find your model number it would really help.

#3 Mrs. Yosuke Kubozuka

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 04:32 PM

thanks for the info awdark.. I think i have the same problem with my unprotected wireless at home.

I'll have to give it a try when I go home

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#4 skyllo

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:10 PM

ya there are some people who use the wireless connection of the people who live near them... yikes

#5 Molra

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:16 PM

yup wep encryption. if not everyone would have access if they have a wireless device on their computers nearby. over here in singapore, people have been caught and the penalty is jail/fine. dangerous huh..

#6 apparition

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 12:02 AM

use WPA encyrption on your router if you can. its more secure than WEP, which has been proven to be cracked before...if your neighbour is tech-savy.

thers also mac filtering and ssid cloaking..which will be enough to hide your wireless router from your neighbour (assuming he/she is not a tech-wiz)

#7 awdark

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 07:34 AM

QUOTE(apparition @ Mar 13 2007, 01:02 AM)

WPA is equally hackable. They have some great cracking tools in the Backtrack cd.
So if they're savvy, WPA would just take them a bit longer to crack (10 minutes is the record for wep 64bit I believe) and mac filtering is a joke since they can just change their MAC to match yours, and SSID cloaking is easily detectable with different scanners such as Kismet.

IMO, just stick with 128bit WEP. Older, but more standardized since a lot of hardware has issues with newer encryption... and you get more lag!
Secure and wireless shouldn't really be used in the same sentence, but we just mostly hope to deter casual hacking. Its like locking your car's door. If they wanted to break in and steal stuff they will... they just have to try a bit harder.