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    Neighbor Stealing Internet

    in General Discussion

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    fixed in WPA2. They all can be beaten. WAP just takes a very long time. It takes even longer then what WEP use to take 5 years ago. I tried to break it at work with our own network, and after 2 weeks, and over 1.5 billion captured packets I couldn't break it.

    Well then, that's good news  :grin:

    Neighbor Stealing Internet

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    WPA can be beaten fairly easy as well:

    http://www.technewsworld.com/story/32070.html

    http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/bt-home-flub-pwnin-the-bt-home-hub

    http://www.crn.com/security/18824216

    http://www.wifinetnews.com/archives/002453.html

    There are other protocols and security measures out there (ie. 802.11i) to patch up some of the holes.  The trouble is that there are always people finding more flaws.  Your best bet, do a combination of the security measures at your disposal.  And be smart!

    Neighbor Stealing Internet

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i didnt know mac filters could be spoofed. can anyone elaborate on that? thats a security risk id like to know more about, as i use it as one of the primary defenses in my network. also, can you get mcafee wireless protection suite as a standalone product?

    ev

    MAC addresses can be spoofed.  However, it's not really much of a threat, as the wireless pirate would need to know the MAC to begin with in order to infiltrate your filter.  This would require a fair bit of homework and investigating, and probably means that they have also gained admin access to your router.  Unless you've really pissed one of your neighbour's off, I'd say this is an unlikely attack.  If you believe you've been victimized by something like this, I'd recommend setting up a strong WEP or turning off your wireless and switching to wired for a while.  A fine step to go along with MAC filter is to disable your SSID broadcast.

    Any Mac guys out there

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    ?? how do i do set the name of pc (netbios)

    as it is only showing the ip in the router config

    and the windows os pc's allow pc machine names

    thanks

    want the mac pc to show as a name in below >>>

    Host Name  IP Address  MAC Address 

                    192.168.1.2   00-1c-b3-c1-xx-xx

    jeffwalker9999   192.168.1.3       00-15-00-38-xx-xx

    mshome-d236c004 192.168.1.6 00-18-e7-27-xx-xx

    System Preferences > Sharing > Internet > Computer Name

    PING?!

    in Make it Faster...

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    Traceroute is another good ICMP resource.  Ping tells you how long it takes to get from your computer to the server you are testing against and back.  Traceroute goes into further detail by showing you the response time from every router/server that you hit between your computer and the server.  This is a good way to determine at which point in the route to the server you are experiencing latency.

    Try it out (from the command line):

    tracert testmy.net

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