rule11
Posts:344
 | | 07/17/2007 7:31 PM |
 Alert | anyone here know if there's a feature to turn on your router to not broadcast your router signal? you know, not letting your neighbors pick up your wireless signal.
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i don't like people who uses "signature" on their profile. TAKE IT OFF!!! | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/17/2007 7:56 PM |
Alert | | If you look in your router's configuration pages you should see something that allows you to stop broadcasting its SSID. This won't prevent anyone from connecting, but the casual Windows user won't see your network. | |
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rule11
Posts:344
| | 07/18/2007 2:50 PM |
Alert | | does this mean people can still pick up your signal and tap on to it? | |
i don't like people who uses "signature" on their profile. TAKE IT OFF!!! | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3046
| | 07/18/2007 2:55 PM |
Alert | Put the password on and also there is a feature on ours that only allows the user we want to connect. I just listed the IP's that I am allowing access. If you don't have access, then you will be sitting there for 30 mins waiting to connect to nothing.
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Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/18/2007 4:18 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By rule11 on 07/18/2007 2:50 PM
does this mean people can still pick up your signal and tap on to it?</div>
Yes, the best way to prevent this is to enable WPA or if that isn't available, WEP encryption. | |
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umtech
Posts:142
| | 07/18/2007 5:52 PM |
Alert | | Jason, shame on you, after all that discussion about WPA being the best out there and nothing will compare and you dare offer WEP! Just go the extra mile and say MAC address filtering if those are not available. LOL | | | |
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agit8d
Posts:209
| | 07/18/2007 6:18 PM |
Alert | | ditto | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/18/2007 7:53 PM |
Alert | | If you were listening to what I said you would realize I suggested WPA here, and WEP only if WPA isn't available. | |
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Nickswebcamfriend
Posts:1292
| | 07/18/2007 8:45 PM |
Alert | | if you have a wireless connection, but it is WPA protected....no one can pick up webcam feed right? Beacause it is on your protected wireless connection...right? | |
Who's using me, what should we do? Because you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too. - White Stripes
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/19/2007 1:21 AM |
Alert | | As long as you pick a sufficiently strong passphrase no one will be able to break your WPA encryption. Something that is at least 15-20 characters, contains both letters and numbers and doesn't consist of words from the dictionary. | |
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umtech
Posts:142
| | 07/19/2007 3:59 PM |
Alert | | Jason, I read what you posted, and I stand by the comment, for the lay person that may not understand or can not get WPA going, which Sir if you recall was the last conversation we had and several of us tried to say something is better than nothing you would not budge. Now you suggest something else if that is not available. So if its not available its ok to have a less than secure network, but for someone that does not understand or can't get it going but maybe could on the lessor of the evils that is not ok? I know you are the man but... | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/19/2007 8:34 PM |
Alert | | Look: If you're in the router setting up WEP, you can set up WPA. There is no learning curve over WEP as you seem to imply. | |
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umtech
Posts:142
| | 07/20/2007 4:22 AM |
Alert | | Not my point, you don't get it. You know it all - time to move on, see ya | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/20/2007 10:26 AM |
Alert | | Not your point LOL! It's because you know the WPA/WEP thing is a losing argument because you're wrong. | |
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umtech
Posts:142
| | 07/20/2007 12:16 PM |
Alert | | Your right! | | | |
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Nickswebcamfriend
Posts:1292
| | 07/20/2007 1:06 PM |
Alert | | Quietly backing out of the room before the fists start flying!!! Men! I swear!! No mines bigger than yours, well I know more than you do! geez! | |
Who's using me, what should we do? Because you can't be a pimp and a prostitute too. - White Stripes
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Tjtellez9
Posts:228
| | 07/20/2007 4:38 PM |
Alert | its called overprotection paranoia. its what nerds do. Jason is a nerd./ we are geeks.
noone is going to get hacked. wep is strong enough. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/20/2007 8:11 PM |
Alert | I can't help it that you don't read enough on the subject...
When the stakes are that high and the feature is free and a no-brainer to turn on, you'd have to be stupid to recommend anything else. This isn't paranoia. But feel free to post if you have facts to support your position (and I mean facts you can link to, not mere unsubstantiated opinion).
You might also recall that you recently guessed that AZSUN's problem was IE and not something, else. Well guess what, it was something else. I believe you also falsely said that ping was not the proper tool to check for connectivity because AZSUN <i>just had</i> to be on dial up. So go ahead, slap whatever label you want on yourself, but I have proven that I know what I'm talking about. <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'> <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/cool.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Cool' align='absmiddle'> | |
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umtech
Posts:142
| | 07/24/2007 4:44 AM |
Alert | For Christ sake's Jason, you would think the Hacking Nazi's are out to get everyone. Paranoia is not the word here. You Sir act like someone is one every street driving around trying to hack every signal there is. Sounds like some serious paranoia to me. I bet you have rotating lights and alarms in your house set up just in case someone bumps your signal? Geez, glad I decided to just stay away.
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 07/24/2007 9:51 AM |
Alert | For Christ sake's Jason, you would think the Hacking Nazi's are out to get everyone.
I basically said: "better safe than sorry" which is a good sentiment, seeing as how much identity theft there is. You blew it out of proportion and now hope to knock down the straw man you built. | |
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