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Your Neighbors Are Stealing WiFi!!!!

post #1 of 75
3/14/06 at 10:10pm
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My wireless network had slowed to a crawl. Not knowing what the problem was I decided to turn it into a secured network. Now it downloads at 480 kb/s.

Funny part is, after I made my network secured, 10 new networks went up the next day. They were all jacking my signal! Shame on them.
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post #2 of 75
3/14/06 at 10:16pm
LOL there is one network near where I live; it's still called 'LinkSys' (the default name) and there's no encryption whatsoever. Only problem is I have to have my laptop in bed with me to get a good signal.
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post #3 of 75
3/14/06 at 10:35pm
I don't feel any shame for my neighbors who have unprotected access in the least.

I have a wireless network. It does NOT broadcast its SSID, it uses WPA2 protection, AND MAC address exclusion.
My opinion is if you leave your network unlocked...its your own damn fault.
I use unlocked networks around my buddies house all the time.

Now on that note, Im glad you have seen the light, and locked up your network!

EDIT: Oh, and its on channel 8, not the standard 6.....
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post #4 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:06pm
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Originally Posted by inyourface1650
I don't feel any shame for my neighbors who have unprotected access in the least.

I have a wireless network. It does NOT broadcast its SSID, it uses WPA2 protection, AND MAC address exclusion.
My opinion is if you leave your network unlocked...its your own damn fault.
I use unlocked networks around my buddies house all the time.

Now on that note, Im glad you have seen the light, and locked up your network!
I'm with him. As far as I'm concerned, any network that isn't secured should be considered public.

There was a thread about this some time ago. Someone got into some trouble with the law for it, but was planning on fighting it. People brought up many good points for both sides of the argument.
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post #5 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:08pm
My neighbors aren't smart enough to turn on a computer let own acess my wifi
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post #6 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:11pm
My WiFi is locked, not super duper locked but you'll need atleast a WEP.

If someone cracks it, then obivously they need the internet more than I do.

However, over at my friends house and my girls house, I do have plenty of wireless connections to connect it. If I didn't then I would probably ask around and see who has thiers locked and see if they'd share with me.
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post #7 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:25pm
Dump the WEP and go with WPA much much better.
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post #8 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:29pm
Oops, it is WPA. My fault.
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post #9 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:37pm
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Originally Posted by reflux
LOL there is one network near where I live; it's still called 'LinkSys' (the default name) and there's no encryption whatsoever. Only problem is I have to have my laptop in bed with me to get a good signal.
I can pick one of those up from my living room.
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post #10 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:47pm
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Originally Posted by larryc2
I can pick one of those up from my living room.
yeah, there's one of those around my apartment. There's also the default "Belkin54g"
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post #11 of 75
3/14/06 at 11:57pm
Normallly there are like 5 or 6 when I'm sitting at my dining room table, but I only see 2; mine and flask.
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post #12 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:02am
Sitting here in my living room I have 12 networks listed, but only 2 that aren't secured in some way. Kudos to most of my neighbors.
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post #13 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:21am
Well, my $0.02 on the subject.

If we all open our Wi-fi, we would have a really nice huge Wi-fi spot for all of us.

Having said this, I now use WPA TKIP, just because I don't want strangers to look into my personal files on my 6 desktops and 4 laptops.

But sharing Wi-fi is the way to go IMHO...
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post #14 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:24am
My neighbor set up his Airport Extreme...Express?...Extreme? Something like that. I just happened to see it when I turned on my Wi-Fi card one night. I can freely connect to his router and get the same throughput speeds. The one thing I can't seem to do is see any of his systems on the Network. I can ping his IP, but that's all.

When I talk to him next I'll have to point out that his network can be "borrowed". He probably doesn't realize what the security options do and why.
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post #15 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:28am
Hi. I'm using the wep encryption .... is that enough to secure my mac!!??
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post #16 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:30am
You can turn off sharing on your computers, or set up a firewall and block anyone from seeing all your stuff on your computers.

Although, if we could somehow bridge all the WiFi connections int he United States, we could have a really huge hotspot.

That would rock.
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post #17 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by MarekS
Hi. I'm using the wep encryption .... is that enough to secure my mac!!??
Are you kidding me, Macs aren't secure no matter what you do to it.


























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post #18 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:32am
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Originally Posted by Skillz
Are you kidding me, Macs aren't secure no matter what you do to it.
Wow I see u have a huge level of expertise ... can anybody else look at my question !!!??? THX in advance
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post #19 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:35am
I have a huge level of expertise?

Lets see here. You are talking about WEP Encryption on your wireless router, correct?
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post #20 of 75
3/15/06 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by MarekS
lol .... wow but is your m170 with hiper duper go7800, 1' thick and does your cpu require only 10V!!????? u know I can count like that for years
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Originally Posted by leeer73
With all due respect, what the hell did you just say?
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Originally Posted by Mr. K6
I knew those mac people were "different," but I didn't think we'd need a translator
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Originally Posted by ||T34418L3|1||
its his own "hiper duper" language!



..sorry, I had to.
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