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Only person in complex with internet; should I worry about hackers?
I have been setting up my wireless network and making sure the router works
and has at least wpa set. I changed my attenae strength to 50% on my router because 2.4ghz linksys usb adapter picks the signal up fine at 50%. However, I know for a fact that within 500 feet of me there is not one person with internet access. Do I really need to be worried about someone intercepting my wireless traffic? If they are not close enough to get my signal, obviously I can sleep a little better at night, right? |
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Only person in complex with internet; should I worry about hackers?
In article , "Go Tyler"
wrote: I have been setting up my wireless network and making sure the router works and has at least wpa set. I changed my attenae strength to 50% on my router because 2.4ghz linksys usb adapter picks the signal up fine at 50%. However, I know for a fact that within 500 feet of me there is not one person with internet access. Do I really need to be worried about someone intercepting my wireless traffic? If they are not close enough to get my signal, obviously I can sleep a little better at night, right? Try a search on "War Driving", the practice of driving around in a car, searching fur un-secured WiFi setups. http://www.altavista.com/web/results...22&kgs=1&kls=0 There is no WiFi at my house, so you can drive up and down my street all you want :-) Paul |
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Only person in complex with internet; should I worry about hackers?
You provide the internet access. All they need is an inexpensive antenna, a
wireless Ethernet card and a computer. 500 feet is not enough. There are some very good antennas available. |
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Only person in complex with internet; should I worry about hackers?
"Go Tyler" wrote in message ... I have been setting up my wireless network and making sure the router works and has at least wpa set. I changed my attenae strength to 50% on my router because 2.4ghz linksys usb adapter picks the signal up fine at 50%. However, I know for a fact that within 500 feet of me there is not one person with internet access. Do I really need to be worried about someone intercepting my wireless traffic? If they are not close enough to get my signal, obviously I can sleep a little better at night, right? If you have a full 63 character WPA-PSK encryption with random letters, symbols and numbers, you've done a lot to protect yourself and I doubt anyone could break into your network unless they were brute forcing it 24/7 and even then, is it worth it? If you change the code every so often that'll help too. And remeber, your personal WPA encryption key is only for the initial handshake; the router will change the code at what ever interval you direct. I think the minimum is every 10 minutes. There's a simple program available called Wi-Fi Defense that provides rudimentary notification if someone attempts to join your wireless network. Google it. I think you can get a free trial. |
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Only person in complex with internet; should I worry about hackers?
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:40:38 -0600, "Go Tyler"
wrote: I have been setting up my wireless network and making sure the router works and has at least wpa set. I changed my attenae strength to 50% on my router because 2.4ghz linksys usb adapter picks the signal up fine at 50%. However, I know for a fact that within 500 feet of me there is not one person with internet access. Do I really need to be worried about someone intercepting my wireless traffic? If they are not close enough to get my signal, obviously I can sleep a little better at night, right? Since you're using WPA, I would say it's relatively secure. Adding MAC address filtering should be another layer of security to prevent anyone from using your network for internet access. We all know any script kiddie can easily crack a WEP key in under 24 hours so definitely stay away from WEP. If you're ultra-paranoid, you can assume your wireless network is inherently insecure and put a VPN server on your network. So basically you would have to connect to your wireless network then VPN into a VPN server to gain access to your internal resources. |
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