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Bungleau · 06-28-2003, 11:27 PM

Some of you may recall I added a wireless router to my home network connection a while back. I enabled WEP (wireless encryption) and turned off broadcasting its ID so that no one who wasn't supposed to be there (like not me!) would stay out.

This afternoon, I happened to notice that the Wireless Access light was blinking rather rapidly. I jumped on to one of my machines and checked the router. Imagine my surprise when I discovered two MAC addresses (i.e. network cards) accessing the system! Now, I didn't check to make sure I knew who they were, but I unplugged the wireless router in short order. Try and connect through THAT, you freeloaders... [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

Went to the Linksys web site tonight and found a Knowledgebase entry that covered the rest of the protective setup I needed to do: MAC address filtering. Took about ten minutes to set up and be sure it was what I wanted, and I'm back in business.

Doesn't mean a whole lot directly, but with the other discussion about spyware, I thought I'd toss in a thought on the wireless side of protection.

06-28-2003, 11:27 PM	#1
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	Some of you may recall I added a wireless router to my home network connection a while back. I enabled WEP (wireless encryption) and turned off broadcasting its ID so that no one who wasn't supposed to be there (like not me!) would stay out. This afternoon, I happened to notice that the Wireless Access light was blinking rather rapidly. I jumped on to one of my machines and checked the router. Imagine my surprise when I discovered two MAC addresses (i.e. network cards) accessing the system! Now, I didn't check to make sure I knew who they were, but I unplugged the wireless router in short order. Try and connect through THAT, you freeloaders... [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img] Went to the Linksys web site tonight and found a Knowledgebase entry that covered the rest of the protective setup I needed to do: MAC address filtering. Took about ten minutes to set up and be sure it was what I wanted, and I'm back in business. Doesn't mean a whole lot directly, but with the other discussion about spyware, I thought I'd toss in a thought on the wireless side of protection. __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.