wireless connection info

Post by **bork[e]** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:51 pm

so after signing up with a new isp I'm planning on setting up a wireless router so I can access the net from a few other devices I have laying around. What I would like to do before I set this all up is see who all around my apartment complex can see and access my signal.

I'm wondering if there is a program out there that can tell me this, and then via their mac address deny access to my router, or something to that equivalent. Just for a little added security.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:55 pm

hide your SSID and encrypt your signal then don't worry about it.

Post by **Foo** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:57 pm

What you actually want to be doing is the exact opposite. Explicitly define 'good' mac addresses and reject all others. There's more chance of there being a feature for this on your router than the other way round. Also, this route doesn't require you to audit your neighbors shit.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:15 pm

mac filtering anymore is almost a waste of time.

Post by **bork[e]** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:25 pm

ok, I was just wanting to be able to view everyone who could see my access point, and block them manually. But being as I don't know much about this I'll do as suggested.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:31 pm

if you dont have a wireless router yet, do yourself a favor and get the linksys wrt54g

Post by **Cooldown** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:44 am

WRT54GL http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6833124190 :icon14:

Install third party firmware, like DD-WRT. With it, you can go to your router page, and check who is connected to your wireless network.

Use WPA2 + AES encryption.Use secure passwords.

MAC addresses can be easily spoofed and people can still find your SSID with certain tools. So neither offers much more protection.

http://www.mandladventures.com/2007/04/ ... s-network/

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:40 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:hide your SSID and encrypt your signal then don't worry about it.

Truth.

And change your default login name and password.

Post by **4days** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:09 pm

sort of on-topic question - is there much apart from hiding the ssid that can be done to secure an old wep-protected connection?

i need wep so that my elderly palm can connect.

have got a wireless router that only accepts wpa, and set a repeater up to allow wep - so potentially something could be done to treat connections from the two separately?

Post by **Foo** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:26 pm

There's things you could do, but the only one I can come up with is pretty elaborate. You'd be better off buying a second NIC for the computer you sync your palm with, and put in a seperate wireless access point directly on that PC so that your palm and PC can sync on an isolated network.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:03 pm

4days wrote:sort of on-topic question - is there much apart from hiding the ssid that can be done to secure an old wep-protected connection?

i need wep so that my elderly palm can connect.

have got a wireless router that only accepts wpa, and set a repeater up to allow wep - so potentially something could be done to treat connections from the two separately?

Does your router support Vlans?