NEIGHBOURS ACCESSING MY NETWORK?????

[Guest]

I got this wireless connection set up some time back and the other day when viewing my network places
i saw two connection that read Jose's Laptop and Jose's study. obviously someone else had been able to get on to my network i thought it might be the neighbours anyway i cant access their files as when i click on their computer icons i get an erroe message. i tried deleting that connection but agin they show up after a while.

HELP...

ID THERE ANY WAY I CAN SAFE GUARD MY HOSE FROM THE NEIGHBOURS
thats the thing i dont know what he range on the wireless is it said upto 30meters.

 

[Ronald \Alan\ Gumm, Jr.]

Yes-

At the least enable MAC address filtering on your router. You might
also consider WEP or WPA. Additionally, you should be able to tell your
router to quit broadcasting your SSID.

-Alan

--
R. Alan Gumm, Jr.
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(432) 553-5437

I got this wireless connection set up some time back and the other day when viewing my network places
i saw two connection that read Jose's Laptop and Jose's study. obviously

someone else had been able to get on to my network i thought it might be the
neighbours anyway i cant access their files as when i click on their
computer icons i get an erroe message. i tried deleting that connection but
agin they show up after a while..

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I got this wireless connection set up some time back and the other day when viewing my network places
i saw two connection that read Jose's Laptop and Jose's study. obviously someone else had been able to get on to my network i thought it might be the neighbours anyway i cant access their files as when i click on their computer icons i get an erroe message. i tried deleting that connection but agin they show up after a while..

HELP...

ID THERE ANY WAY I CAN SAFE GUARD MY HOSE FROM THE NEIGHBOURS
thats the thing i dont know what he range on the wireless is it said upto 30meters..

Put your hose away when you aren't using it and your neighbors won't be
able to use it.

To secure your wireless network, read the manual to see how to configure
your wireless access point securely. You can raise your XP firewall to
block your neighbor's access to your file shares. You can disable or
secure your file sharing to prevent your neighbor's access to your
shares. But they are likely also using your broadband connection, so
secure your wireless network.

 

[Chuck]

I got this wireless connection set up some time back and the other day when viewing my network places
i saw two connection that read Jose's Laptop and Jose's study. obviously someone else had been able to get on to my network i thought it might be the neighbours anyway i cant access their files as when i click on their computer icons i get an erroe message. i tried deleting that connection but agin they show up after a while..

HELP...

ID THERE ANY WAY I CAN SAFE GUARD MY HOSE FROM THE NEIGHBOURS
thats the thing i dont know what he range on the wireless is it said upto 30meters..

AJakx,

To safeguard your home wireless network, read on. Your hose is another story.

Enable WEP / WPA. Use non-trivial (non-guessable) values for each. (No "My dog
has fleas").

Enable MAC filtering.

Disable DHCP, and assign an address to each computer manually.

Change the subnet of your LAN - don't use the default.

Change the router management password, and disable remote (WAN) management.

Don't disable SSID broadcast - some configurations require the SSID broadcast.
But change the SSID itself - to something that doesn't identify you, or the
equipment.

Enable the router activity log. Examine it regularly. Know what each
connection listed represents - you? a neighbor?.

Install a software firewall on every computer connected to a wireless LAN. Put
manually assigned ip addresses in the Local (highly trusted) Zone. Open the
following ports for file sharing only in the Local Zone: TCP 139, 445; UDP 137,
138, 445.

Use non-trivial accounts and passwords on every computer connected to a wireless
LAN. Disable or delete Guest userid. Rename Administrator, to a non-trivial
value, and give it a non-trivial password. Never use the Administrator renamed
account for day to day activities, only when intentionally doing administrative
tasks.

Stay educated - know what the threats are. Newsgroups alt.internet.wireless and
microsoft.public.windows.networking,wireless are good places to start.

And AJakx, please don't contribute to the success of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Talondale]

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HELP...

ID THERE ANY WAY I CAN SAFE GUARD MY HOSE FROM THE NEIGHBOURS
thats the thing i dont know what he range on the wireless is it sai
upto 30meters.. *

Some wireless routers, I presume you are using one, will let you bloc
specific MAC addresses as well as limit permission to specifi
addresses. I suggest putting the offending addresses in the bloc
field as well as yours in the allow field. Also check often to see i
someone else is on


-
Talondal