RE: Unsecured wireless network

[Gandalf501]

When I use my laptop I come accross an unsecured NETGEAR wirless router.

What do you do?

 

[AMD643000+H]

Not use it.. and if possible inform the persons who the network belongs to and help em set up security

 

[Kell_ee001]

You ignore it and post in the right forum if required

 

[Gandalf501]

I want to tell them, but I guess I wouldnt be able to find out where they live.

I dont use it, I only get a weak intermittent signal...

It just goes to show.. I wonder how many open networks there are accross the country!

 

[AMD643000+H]

lots mate lots.. i pick up 7 here!

 

[VaderDSL]

If it's a bunch of male students, abuse their bandwidth.
If it's a bunch of good looking female students, go over with alcohol, help fix their internet and ... well who knows

Seriously, there's not a great deal you can do. Ignore it would be my opinion

 

[benjo plz.]

Disable any protocols which might reveal who you are and use their internet?

















J/K well kinda....

 

[zetec452]

If it's a bunch of good looking female students, go over with alcohol, help fix their internet and ... well who knows

Or see if any of the pc's have vnc with webcams

 

[Deleted member 58846]

Or see if any of the pc's have vnc with webcams

perv

 

[zetec452]

Oh yes

 

[bledd]

Or see if any of the pc's have vnc with webcams

or just give them vnc

 

[Deleted member 58846]

Oh yes

haha....


You should connect to their network, see whats hiding in their drives ..............................................................................


No really, don't ... its like wrong .. unless u don't get caught I know what I would do ..........

 

[ants83]

my neighbour has an unsecured wireless network its a good backup if mine goes down!
I should tell him really but i doubt anyone would park up outside his house just to use the net

 

[VaderDSL]

my neighbour has an unsecured wireless network its a good backup if mine goes down!
I should tell him really but i doubt anyone would park up outside his house just to use the net

Ahh but people on other streets may be able to use it from ym bedroom in the bay window area I could pick up wireless networks from up and down the street and from the street opposite

 

[mattbrown91]

I get 2 from my room. One is about 20m away on another road, the other one is coming from the people I babysit for.

 

[Steve09]

If it's a bunch of male students, abuse their bandwidth.
If it's a bunch of good looking female students, go over with alcohol, help fix their internet and ... well who knows

LOL that comment has made my day!!

 

[Jimathy]

login to the router and set some security for him

 

[RobH]

I can pick up 2 sitting in my living room, 1 WPA secured and another fully open. It's quite a big risk if it's been left open unintentionaly because you can sniff the packets and extract all sorts of unencrypted data such as emails and website passwords.

 

[no_1_dave]

Mine has no encryption, only SID broadcasting off, no ones ever logged into it apart from people in my house though.
I figure encryption will slow down game ping.

 

[HangTime]

Mine has no encryption, only SID broadcasting off, no ones ever logged into it apart from people in my house though.
I figure encryption will slow down game ping.

It will make virtually no difference in the grand scheme of things, relative to the flux that you will see on your internet connection. Test it with encryption enabled and I doubt your latency will increase by more than 1ms at worst.

If you are that worried about game ping, you shouldn't be using wireless in the first place anyway.