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Quote: Originally Posted by imitchellg5 Asking is embarressing for geeks like me There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... ri…

Yeah, there's a difference between asking "What's the SSID to connect to the network?" and asking "What's the cup holder on my computer for?"

I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wireless card's MAC address to let it conne…

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... right?!?) expecting people to figure it out on their …

I'm allowed to be connected, and they told me the SSID. I just wanted to play around on the software for fun and also because I know there are more than one wireless networks here…

Im pretty sure it is a crime to connect to wireless networks when you dont have permission. Im not trying to be a prude or anything, I go wardriving all of the time, but I think it…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac A crime? In what jurisdiction? I haven't heard of such a law in California. Actually, I may have been thinking of the unauthorized use of…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wir…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Actually, the real security isn't realized by MAC filtering at all, since it's not that hard to spoof a MAC address. The real security comes…

iStumbler is better than MacStumbler IMO. FWIW, it's useful just as a tool for monitoring your Wi-Fi signal as you can see how clean and persistent your signal is to a much finer d…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark_Lotus And the encryption can be hacked also. It just takes alot of time and alot of packets being generated over the Wi-Fi network. Well of …

I thought encryption is really easy to hack, since the first thing sent across a wireless connection once a device connects is the (unencrypted) password?

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika I thought encryption is really easy to hack, since the first thing sent across a wireless connection once a device connects is the (unencry…

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex And remember that connecting to wireless networks without permission, whether or not they're secure, is a crime. Where? Commieville, WA?

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika I thought encryption is really easy to hack, since the first thing sent across a wireless connection once a device connects is the (unencry…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Where? Commieville, WA? See my above post. ^^^ I don't want to look stupid due to false information, however, I have read that you can b…

Even if it is not a crime, it doesn't make it morally right to steal someone else's bandwidth (perhaps its different in the US, but here in the UK most ISPs have a max download lim…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS I should hope not, since there's absolutely no reason why it would be necessary to do that. The router already has the encryption key - you …

Quote: Originally Posted by JKT Even if it is not a crime, it doesn't make it morally right to steal someone else's bandwidth (perhaps its different in the US, but here in the U…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit That's true, but the bandwidth limit is high enough that I can leave my computer downloading stuff through BitTorrent almost 24/7 and not hav…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark_Lotus No. Charles, your right, anything can be hacked. If I ran a wireless network and I didnt want anyone else on it, then I would have everyth…

Quote: Originally Posted by JKT That may be true for you, but many ISPs limit it to just 2GB here in the UK which you can reach just by farting. 2 GB? For broadband? That's …

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit 2 GB? For broadband? That's weak. For two years I was on a cable Internet plan which limited my monthly bandwidth usage to 6 GB. That was…