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Old 07-28-2005, 10:51 AM
Paul Harper
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Default Re: Hijacking a broadband connection

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:43:45 +0100, Alex Heney <me8@privacy.net>
wrote:

>But it is still a good idea to secure your own network - and change the
>SSID. If you don't change the SSID, then any neighbours with the same brand
>of router will have the same SSID, and your laptops won't usually know
>which one they are accessing.


Agreed. And setting the router to not broadcast the SSID is good too.

Paul.

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