Re: Wirless Bleeding - How to stop it?

From: Noah Salzman (nsalzman@ncircle.com)
Date: 08/16/02 

Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:05:36 -0700
To: "Shaolin Tiger" <shaolin@shaolin-tiger.com>
From: Noah Salzman <nsalzman@ncircle.com>

Uhhh... why not just use WEP?

Yes, I know WEP is mostly broken... but let's take a look at the odds.

Let's assume your neighbors have a laptop with a wireless card. Odds
that one of your neighbors would use your non-WEP'd wireless AP:
perhaps 1 in 5? Odds that one of your neighbors would try and crack
your the key of your WEP'd network: perhaps, at the very worst, 1 in
100?

Are your neighbors linux/BSD geeks? What is the threat level here? Are
there guys outside your house with directional antennas pointed at it?

   --Noah--

On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 08:25 AM, Shaolin Tiger wrote:

> I have a wireless access point (very cheap) that I can't limit the
> signal
> strength via the software.
>
> The AP is already located in the basement which helps somewhat. I'm
> bleeding
> (2.4 GHz) out about 2 homes in each direction now. What can I do to
> keep the
> signal radius within 20 yards or so of my home at low or no cost?
>
> Thx
>
> Shaolin
>
>
>
> .: http://www.security-forums.com :.
>
> Share your knowledge.
> It's a way to achieve
> Immortality.
>
>

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