no internet connection at home

[andy]

in my flat my laptop sometimes catches the neighbour's wi-fi connection
haven't figured out the password yet

[janey]

How rude and inconsiderate of them!

I know!!!!!

[Pondlife]

TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!

another gripe of mine at the moment, bl**dy building work being done at all hours of the day... 8am on a sunday is BEYOND a joke!

I live right by that morrisons and sports village grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
4 motnsh left on teh rental contract... hmmm now should I renew or should I not, let me think.......

<letch> I have a spare room in Penarth that I only use when the missus is in a mood. You're welcome to join me (or us) </letch>

*Pondlife in seeing how quick we can get another thread into LR mode

[DaveB]

in my flat my laptop sometimes catches the neighbour's wi-fi connection
haven't figured out the password yet

Aircrack is your friend.

Of course actually making a connection once you had the key would be illegal and you arn't going to do anything illegal now, are you

[DaveB]

Judging by the number of open wireless thingies around here, you don't need to crack anything much.

Bigger aerial on the wireless thingy in the pc would get you better range and thus more chance of finding an open thingy.

Agreed, most folks dont have a clue that they need to secure their wireless router.

They all ship unsecured by default and none of the manufacturers, and worse the ISP's pushing wireless, give clear instructions on how and why you should secure a wireless access point.

[Ruprect]

FFS its not that hard either...though I suppose being a geek helps..

[Ruprect]

FFS its not that hard either...though I suppose being a geek helps..

Note I was talking about securing a router, not speaking Mandarin

[DaveB]

Nope, not hard at all even if you're not a geek.
<RANT>
Trouble is all the major ISP's are pushing wireless as the next big thing, having more or less run out of steam on conventional broadband.
Adding to the problem is that they are also claiming that built in firewalls provide added protection when they do no such thing.

Hacking wireless networks used to be the domain of those interested in getting into corporate networks. In a couple of years there is going to be a huge problem with peoples unsecured home wireless connections being exploited.

Couple this with the general ignorance of firewalls and anti virus measures in the public at large and it is going to be a serious problem.
</RANT>

And breath.....

[Ruprect]

<RANT>
Couple this with the general ignorance of firewalls and anti virus measures in the public at large and it is going to be a serious problem.
</RANT>

One person's problem is another's money making opportunity

[janey]

<letch> I have a spare room in Penarth that I only use when the missus is in a mood. You're welcome to join me (or us) </letch>

*Pondlife in seeing how quick we can get another thread into LR mode

once the contract is up here I'm thinking about possibly moving to penarth actually... nee dto see what the rentals are like there though

*janey in trying to ignore innuendos mode*