Wireless query about the list of connections, am I secure?

Lady_K

I am connected wirelessly but I just wondered when I had to choose which network to connect to there was a list,

Secure network: 'my wireless network' saying WAP with signal 49%

Secure network: 'Linksys' (doesnt say wap or wep or anything) signal 29%

I am just a bit concerned if part of my network might be open as my router is linksys?

espresso

That is why you should never leave the SSID set as default. If you change the SSID to your own unique name, you know that it's your encrypted network that you are connecting to. Ignore the rest and make it always connect you your preferred network.

Halloway

The Linksys network is likely to be another, nearby network. The easiest thing to do to check is to switch off your router and see what is visible from your computer. If both your wireless network and the Linksys one disappeared then it's likely that your router has two SSIDs set up. You should delete one from your router if it bothers you.

espresso

Halloway wrote: »

The Linksys network is likely to be another, nearby network. The easiest thing to do to check is to switch off your router and see what is visible from your computer. If both your wireless network and the Linksys one disappeared then it's likely that your router has two SSIDs set up. You should delete one from your router if it bothers you.

It is not possible to have two SSID's set up!

:rolleyes:

Lady_K

I turned it off and my network, well I think its my network shows no signal but the network name has changed to something like wire00 or something cant remember exactly.

The other network shows 1 green bar saying signal very low. I tried to connect to it out of curiosity but it asked me for a password. They cant have it set up that secure though as its still called linksys and its not saying wpa like mine says

weegie.geek

espresso wrote: »

It is not possible to have two SSID's set up!

:rolleyes:

Roll your eyes all you like...

wacko911

WEP encryption is not secure. With packet injection and PTW cracking methods it takes less than a couple of minutes to crack the key. ALWAYS use WPA with a passphrase > 20 chars if you wanna avoid being hacked.

moneymass

Lady_K wrote: »

I turned it off and my network, well I think its my network shows no signal but the network name has changed to something like wire00 or something cant remember exactly.

The other network shows 1 green bar saying signal very low. I tried to connect to it out of curiosity but it asked me for a password. They cant have it set up that secure though as its still called linksys and its not saying wpa like mine says

Changing or hiding of your SSID or whatever else is not a security method .

If it says WPA then good, make sure you have a strong password.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength

Skim over the essentials if it's too indepth. Basically, as many characters as you are allowed to enter, pseudo random mix of letters, numbers, symbols.


Hope this helps.

(and yes, to whomever, you can set up two SSIDs)

espresso

weegie.geek wrote: »

Roll your eyes all you like...

That is not the router that Lady_K is using, it's a BT business hub. Multiple SSID's is not a feature on normal home wireless routers running standard firmware.

weegie.geek

espresso wrote: »

That is not the router that Lady_K is using, it's a BT business hub. Multiple SSID's is not a feature on normal home wireless routers running standard firmware.

I never said it was the router she was using, but nowhere does she say what router she IS using. All she said was that it was a Linksys one, and you said was that it wasn't possible to have two SSIDs.

I showed that it was possible.

It may even be possible with her router, with some of the custom linksys firmware.