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Graham M · 11-05-2007, 07:46

Yeah fine, it's wrong but it's as bad to leave the "Window Open" as the metaphor goes, as you've found, it isn't difficult to enable a little security. I'm currently opening a shop on the main road between Bournemouth and Poole and I have set up Wireless Access points for stock taking (using a neat little PDA). Anyway, if I stand near the front Window I can pick up an unsecured network called "getencryption". And sure enough I can log onto this network and access all of the Router functions as the passwords are all default. Unfortunately I have no way of knowing who this AP belongs to (there are quite a number of (Secured) WiFi networks there.

11-05-2007, 07:46	#24
Graham M - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Poole, Dorset Age: 40 Services: FreeSat+ Tivo V-Box VM 60MBit Posts: 13,365	Re: How to deal with a bandwith hijacker Yeah fine, it's wrong but it's as bad to leave the "Window Open" as the metaphor goes, as you've found, it isn't difficult to enable a little security. I'm currently opening a shop on the main road between Bournemouth and Poole and I have set up Wireless Access points for stock taking (using a neat little PDA). Anyway, if I stand near the front Window I can pick up an unsecured network called "getencryption". And sure enough I can log onto this network and access all of the Router functions as the passwords are all default. Unfortunately I have no way of knowing who this AP belongs to (there are quite a number of (Secured) WiFi networks there.