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keith666
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Reg'd: Thu
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Is it possible to know if someone is "hijacking" your wireless connection? Theres up to 5 wireless networks near me and not all are security enabled. I've not attempted to do so as have read in posts it is illegal, but am concerned that when I am set up and (hopefully) secure this could happen to me. Can you notice a reduction in speed or is there software which will alert you??
Any info appreciated.
Cheers
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"I am bender, please insert girder"
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m4rk
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Reg'd: Sat
Posts: 553
Loc: Austria
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Hi,
I have mac filtering setup on mine and if someone tries to access the network then a warning flashes on the AP and I get a pop up if I visit the setup page. This tells me what the MAC address the would be network user is. I think there's a record made in the log but I'm not sure how long the log is kept for.
If your worried you can
- dissable the SSID broadcast then no one will find you when they search for networks
- enable MAC filtering then only PC's on your list are allowed in
- enable WEP encryption. Then your data is unreadable unless they have a key supplied by you. The open type is best and not the shared key.
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keith666
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Thanks for info.
cheers
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