With regard to my wireless network, I have taken the following, extra, precautions.
1. I renamed my SSID to a random 32 char string.
2. I reduced the number of available IP address in the DHCP table to the exact number of computers I have.
3. I locked those IP address to the MAC address of said computers.
Although, I think I’m not going to have to worry about security so much. Tonight I discovered that there are 3 unsecured networks with in range of my house (Actually one of them does appear to be using MAC address filtering…good for him). Anyone who is looking to make trouble is likelier to attack the more vulnerable prey. I was going to turn off the wireless portion of the router at night and while I’m at work, but now I think that might be a little over kill.
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2 comments:
If your wireless device allows, you can also turn down the gain so that potential hackers have to be closer to gain access to the signal.
I had fired up my work laptop in my bedroom one evening only to discover I had high-speed wireless access to the internet - I don't have wireless at home. Through my investigation it turned out to be my neighber across the street who had gotten a new 11g router that was still set at factory defaults (full power, SSID, etc.). When I called over to inform him of it he was shocked and amazed!
If anyone out there thinks that they are 100% safe ... think again. Here are some intereting links:
Oops. I was going to link to another site but it is no more (warchalking.org). You can google for either one to get more info.
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WarDriving.com
Ahhh ... much better. It helps to preview before publishing.
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