Case in point, was using wireless for a short period (until I could get an extension put in). Sure it's an old article, but it still covers the basices, and still applies today. It didn't take long for me to find this article: 10 Things You Should Know About Securing Wireless Connections. I mean it doesn't take much googling to find out how to secure it adequately. It's also down to the individual to secure their own wireless point.
A wireless network - I could sit across the street in a car, and just hack in. It's ALWAYS breakable.Ī wired network requires physical access to hack in. I don't care how much you think you have secured you wireless connection. If I had my way, I would totally get rid of wireless and make wired network the law. A far better solution.Ĭlick to expand.Yup that is entirely possible, all made possible by the wonders of wireless. Hopefully in the next few days I can add a wireless router to my friends cable modem and share the connection. However, I then needed a password to access that ISP's mail servers.īeing a good citizen, I stopped my leeching experiment and returned to dail up for mail collection. It was easy to determine the current ISP I was leeching off, just by checking my IP details on the web. As the default SMTP mail server was being accessed via an alternative ISP, out going email was rejected, as it was being relayed. For example, I could use webmail, but prefer to use my local email client. I leeched off one last week, just for an experiment, but its at the maximum extent of its range and the signal kept on being dropped. There are five and two of those are totally unsecured. I will ensure that it is secured using WEP or WPA encryption and also add the wireless network cards MAC address to a list of accepted clients.Īs I type this, I'm looking at a list of accessible wireless networks that are within broadcast range. We haven't sorted out sharing this yet (as I have my laptop with me), but this will be done wirelessly. I'm currently staying with a friend who has a 2MB cable connection.
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