Change BT wireless password

dacouch

Is it possible to change the password to access my BT wireless as I think my neighboors may be tapping into it

Cheers

RedBern

http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/bt.cfg/php/enduser/cci/bt_adp.php?p_sid=&cat_lvl1=346&cat_lvl2=401&cat_lvl3=402&cat_lvl4=405&p_cv=4.405&p_cats=346,401,402,405&p_faqid=11446

should help with security on your BT hub.

trets77

your BT home hub comes WEP activated out of the box , so you would have to turn the WEP off to be totally unsecure .

That said the WEP key is printed on the back ( this is what the Hub will revert too if you reset it ) so may seen if you have the hub in the window .


WEP is better than nothing but you really should change it to WPA . also Change the Network name and then set it not to broadcast the name after you have connected all your bits .

you also need to change your Hub manager password as this is also very weak . the password cannot be longer than 20 charcters for this


you can easily see if anyone has been using your hub , by going into the hub manager , advanced section and clicking devices .

Strider590

OP you have stated that someone is tapping into your network, it would really help if you could explain what has caused you to think this? as there's very little anyone could do to cause any damage anyway.
If it's a connection problem there could be a million and one different reasons!



Please don't take offence, this is more a dig at an old colleague than you, but.....

At the moment this sounds like a chap I used to work with, he'd swear someone had been messing with his PC if he had any sort of problem, silly things like when he'd saved files to a strange folder because he'd directly opened an email attachment that automatically gets saved as a temporary file in the %temp% directory instead of "my documents".

His lack of IT knowledge led to some really silly assumptions and accusations. He got to the point where he'd line everything up on his desk and practically measure where everything was before he went home, like his mouse and keyboard in relation to his chair and.... and.... he'd put selotape over his power button on the PC.
We of course used to go along and move everything just to wind him up even further! lol! *evil grin*

It got a bit serious when he told the IT manager than someone had stolen all the computers memory!! Until it was pointed out that the PC wouldn't work at all, had that been the case.



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Psychofly

I think I work with that guy and all his family. No hang on... just everyone I work with is an idiot

Strider590

Do they also lock themselves out of windows, by having the Caplock turned on at the login screen? and then running about accusing everyone in sight of changing his password? :rotfl:

wacko911

There are a couple of home hubs, the black one has WPA by default, the white one, well you dont even need to crack the WEP key as there is a default key generator that uses the last 4 digits of the default SSID to computate the key. (albeit about 80 or so of them, but a script and 20 mins later your in). In fairness WEP is so weak, it would be quicker to just crack the WEP key, but if there are no users about and no IV coming out of the router the default key attack is pretty cool. (And no I don't steal WiFi - just like to pentest my gear)

Needless to stay, YOU GOTTTA CHANGE YOUR WIRELESS SETTINGS.

Only good thing I can say about the BTHH is that it doesn't store your ISP login details (anymore) as a hacked hub would then allow someone to hijack any accounts setup with your BT email address - eg eBay, paypal etc...

For anyone willing to try hacking thier own stuff, check out 'Back Track 4' it's a bootable linux distro with all the tools for the job. (USB key install is pretty fast instead of CD's)