Security protection out of range of router.

With my laptop setup for WPA personal security, am i still protected
out of range of my router when i pick up someone else's signal?

"shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com" <shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com> hath
wroth:

>With my laptop setup for WPA personal security, am i still protected
>out of range of my router when i pick up someone else's signal?

No. You're NOT protected. The encryption setting is set by the
wireless access point, not by your client. If you go to a wireless
hot spot, that does NOT have encryption enabled, then everything you
send and receive can be sniffed by evil bad guys like me.

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150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Jul 29, 8:58 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> "shareyourknowle...@hotmail.com" <shareyourknowle...@hotmail.com> hath
> wroth:
>
> >With my laptop setup for WPA personal security, am i still protected
> >out of range of my router when i pick up someone else's signal?
>
> No. You're NOT protected. The encryption setting is set by the
> wireless access point, not by your client. If you go to a wireless
> hot spot, that does NOT have encryption enabled, then everything you
> send and receive can be sniffed by evil bad guys like me.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

I thought so. Just wanted to be sure. I used to work with a Jeff
Lieberman at a retail garden center in Diamond Bar, Calif.Would you be
that same Jeff?

"shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com" <shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com> hath
wroth:

>I thought so. Just wanted to be sure. I used to work with a Jeff
>Lieberman at a retail garden center in Diamond Bar, Calif.Would you be
>that same Jeff?

Nope, not me. However, I did go to skool at nearby Cal Poly, Pomona.
I left the area in about 1971.

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

<shareyourknowledge@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185767567.543615.71260@i13g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
> With my laptop setup for WPA personal security, am i still protected
> out of range of my router when i pick up someone else's signal?

If that access point is not secured, nor are you. But when you stated that
you set up wpa, that was for one wireless router. If you use a different
signal, and have not set up WPA for that one as well, you are not protected.
>
>

On Jul 30, 10:21 am, "Dana" <raff...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <shareyourknowle...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1185767567.543615.71260@i13g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > With my laptop setup for WPA personal security, am i still protected
> > out of range of my router when i pick up someone else's signal?
>
> If that access point is not secured, nor are you. But when you stated that
> you set up wpa, that was for one wireless router. If you use a different
> signal, and have not set up WPA for that one as well, you are not protected.
>
>

Note please that for MS connection manager there's an "advanced"
config window with choices of
Networks to access (any avail, access pt {infrastructure} only, comp-
to-comp {ad-hoc} only)
and check-box for "Auto-connect to non-preferred."

The default settings are truly idiotic;
strongly suggested are "access pt only" and UNchecked "auto-connect to
non-preferred."

Misconfigure this, and you're still pretty exposed.

J