Thanks. I have not done much work with wireless but plan to in the next
couple weeks. It's becoming quite popular so I guess I need to get my feet
wet.

Thanks



"johnny" <johnny@n0sq.us> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.08.24.02.29.19.622251@n0sq.us...
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:47:35 +0000, JE wrote:
>
>> A neighbor has a wireless network in his home and a person about 2
>> blocks
>> away came to him and told him that he knew everytime my neighbor logged
>> onto
>> the internet and helped him setup security and stop broadcasting across
>> his
>> network. We both have become very curious as to how this guy knew this
>> and
>> what did he see on his network that would tell him just exactly whose
>> network was not secure. Curious minds need to know!
>>
>> Thanks
>
> He has a utility that scans for access points which gives details about
> what the SSID is, what type of wireless encryption is used, the channel
> being used and the signal strength. The utility comes with the wireless
> card but XP comes with a Windows version and Linux comes with a few
> wireless analyzing tools. SSID broadcasts and lack of encryption allows
> hackers (or neighbors) easy access to the wireless network. If the type of
> encryption used is WPA, then SSID broadcasts are not a significant
> security issue. It is best to secure the wireless network because of
> possible legal problems due to illegal activities by hackers or neighbors
> such as copyright infringement (illegal file transfers or music or movies
> or whatever).
>
>
>