i have connected to my next doors wireless

Rex_Mundi · 20 May 2006 at 3:25PM

happenstance wrote:

I see what your saying but milk and net access are different. The internet access is beamed into someone elses house. If my neighbour had some of his milk delivered straight into my fridge would it be wrong to have it?

This is a very bad way of thinking. If the postman delivered your neighbours package to your house wrongly. You seem to be saying that you have a right to keep it. This is both legally, and morally wrong. The same if the milkman delivered your neighbours milk to your house by mistake. This does not give you a legal right to keep/use it (you would be stealing).

Your neighbours would have paid for their internet connection, and the wireless equipment to network with. Just because they are not aware that the network isn't secure doesn't make it right for anyone to use it. You would be stealing a product they have paid for.

Quincy_3 · 20 May 2006 at 3:43PM

The thing that no-one (I think) has caught onto is the fact that whilst "piggy backing" a connection you dont know if your connection has been breached by "reverse piggy backing" its just bad all round.

Tell them, they may be your future wife/husband

Weymouth_Man · 20 May 2006 at 4:40PM

Browntoa wrote:

I had the same dilemma, decided in the end to leave it as

1) did not know which neighbour

2) comes in handy sometimes

Me Too, comes in useful when I can't connect on mine :cool:

netdumdum · 20 May 2006 at 4:47PM

I cant connect to my neighbours wireless connection as it is secure, any ideas how to get around this as I would like to save paying monthly broadband fees???

albertross_2 · 20 May 2006 at 4:51PM

netdumdum wrote:

I cant connect to my neighbours wireless connection as it is secure, any ideas how to get around this as I would like to save paying monthly broadband fees???

go and ask them what the password is.

odowdchr · 20 May 2006 at 4:59PM

Woby_Tide wrote:

I went as far as changing the broadcast SSID of one of my neighbours to be 'your network is unsecure, read the manual about how to secure it'

2 years later, and guess what the SSID still is. No idea who it actually is

He probably thinks it's a system message or something.
Try changing it to "Your wife has nice legs" or something. Should get their attention.....

netdumdum · 20 May 2006 at 5:04PM

Where do you live? If I can attach a satellite dish to my pc do you reckon I could connect as well???

JohnR · 20 May 2006 at 6:07PM

sloughflint wrote:

Thanks for this thread. I am now wondering how safe my wireless connection is. I wouldn't have a clue.
My current setup is pc hooked up to Netgear DG834PN modem router via ethernet cable and laptop finds it automatically. I wouldn't know if anyone else can access it. Would you mind advising me please? And if it is not secure, how would I make it so? Thanks

The Netgear router has the option for something called MAC address filtering. Basically, you tell the router the MAC address of all the devices (PC's, Laptops, Consoles etc) that you wish to connect to it. If a different device tries to connect, they will see the network, it will even appear unsecured, but they will not be able to connect. It also means your network does not slow down due to the various encryption options.

dickibobboy · 20 May 2006 at 6:08PM

netdumdum wrote:

Where do you live? If I can attach a satellite dish to my pc do you reckon I could connect as well???

what are you on about

chuckles1066 · 20 May 2006 at 6:12PM

netdumdum wrote:

If I can attach a satellite dish to my pc

Your nickname appears remarkably accurate?

i have connected to my next doors wireless

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