[dba-Tech] wireless invasion (Sorry for the double post)

Tesiny, Ed EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us
Thu May 29 18:52:06 CDT 2008


Sorry I couldn't respond earlier, had to leave early for a vet appointment (for Cody) then had to shop for my mother.  What type of wireless are you using, I have Linksys...few years old now but I didn't have a wizard
and it took me a few hours but it is locked down solid.  My network has never been accessed.  I'll look for the link that took me through the process and if you have another brand I'll check that out too.  Problem with a lot of wireless is they work right out of the box and you don't know you're wide open.  If I take my laptop to my mother's house I usually can get 3-4 open internet connections.
 
BTW, tomorrow is our 37th anniversary and I found the wine we served at the wedding, however, it was a bit more costly than the $5.50 we paid for a bottle years ago.
Ed

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Susan Harkins
Sent: Thu 5/29/2008 3:00 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] wireless invasion



Uh... <blush>

I don't even know what you're talking about. :)

When I installed the wireless, the software ran a wizard, I made choices. :)

Susan H.


> Hi Susan,
> So you changed the password, set WEP encryption, filtering MAC
> addresses, blocking WAN requests, logging turned on...some other stuff I
> don't remember now
>
>
> Ed Tesiny
> EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Harkins
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:40 AM
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] wireless invasion
>
> I'm using a wireless router to connect to a second computer. The main
> computer uses cable internet via a regular modem.
>
> The second computer is running Vista and almost daily shows activity
> that isn't mine -- downloads, changes to email preferences -- some weird
> stuff. My first thought is that someone's using the wireless connection,
> but I'm not seeing evidence of this on the main computer -- just the one
> that actually connects via the wireless.
>
> I'm running the Windows firewall and when I installed the wireless
> router, I secured it properly.
>
> I don't know where to begin to troubleshoot this problem. Any help?
>
> Susan H.
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