Someone elses wi-fi network

colm_c

Just sitting here in the office... and I turned on my Airport (Mac Wifi card) and I'm able to pick up someone's wireless network... from the office next door...

I think it's one of the Eircom bundled ones from what info I can pull from Google... I'm also able to hit the unprotected control panel for the router...

I could be really mean and change their settings, but I won't... is there anything I can do the let them know that their network is completely open? without going over there? and saying something like 'excuse me sir, but your wireless network seems to be open!'

rsynnott

You could send an SMB message thing to 192.168.1.1 (if it's the netopia router) but you probably shouldn't.

digitalninja

shut it down every time they turn it on until its turned on with WPA

Krusty_Clown

Call in and let them know. It's the right thing to do...
If they still don't protect it, change their SSID to: SECURE ME PLEASE!!

KeRbDoG

i would keep disabling the wireless and renaming the SSID to something like Krusty said like, SECURE ME!!!! until they enable security

dawballz

Just keep using their internet. For free.
Or take the moral road and tell them.

Mac daddy

Tell them if nothing done about it after a day block there access and use it for your personal use.
They will have to learn the hard way.

dub45

What's the big deal with telling them? Surely they would appreciate it?

Surely there are greater moral dilemnas out there for us to agonise over

leeroybrown

Two options:

1) Tell them.
2) Do nothing.

tech

Ive noticed quite alot of wide open Wireless router around Cork you can quite happly surf away on there AP's and some of the router are even unprotected, Its very scray to think ppl are installing these AP's and probaly charging people a fortune to do so, Whats the best way to approach these open AP's

vibe666

use it to practice your hacking skills on the CIA website and see how long it takes before they secure it.

philologos

i learned my lesson from that lol
with my BT router ppl kept joining in! you cant stop the wireless n00b

Zwartsj

Hi im Joe long time reader first time typer

I was just sitting here thinking
my ISP has told me that I am not allowed to sell or share my connection with a 3rd party (I have no problem with this)

but i have a wireless router and lest say my neighbour gets to log on to this router from time to time "with out my knowledge of this"
is there a way my ISP can find out if there is some one using the connection?
"Without my knowledge"

As I have been told that should I share my connection they may cancel my subscription at any time.

themole

welll,

there is a differnce between unwillingly sharing your connection and willingly doing so.

they won't find out either way, unless you tell them

formatman

the clever people at eircom supply it like this ! , don't tell them by the way ,just don;t abuse the connection

seen lots of these , 192.168.1.254 ...thank you ..and welcome to the netopia control panel , how would you like to f*** over my customer today !

you get the best speeds though when people go home from the office for the evening , should make some funny arguement between them and eircom , Sir you went 80Gb over your download limit this month !

rsynnott

formatman wrote:

the clever people at eircom supply it like this ! , don't tell them by the way ,just don;t abuse the connection

seen lots of these , 192.168.1.254 ...thank you ..and welcome to the netopia control panel , how would you like to f*** over my customer today !

you get the best speeds though when people go home from the office for the evening , should make some funny arguement between them and eircom , Sir you went 80Gb over your download limit this month !

Ah, yes, theft.

Lovely.

If you MUST use someone else's connection, don't abuse it :rolleyes:

Rew

formatman wrote:

seen lots of these , 192.168.1.254 ...thank you ..and welcome to the netopia control panel , how would you like to f*** over my customer today !

The security on those Netopias is crap, assuming its secure coz its on the inside of the net is an incredibly bad idea...