Question about AP Informoration
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:40 pm
Edited to remove spam.
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http://www.netstumbler.org/ap-information/question-about-ap-informoration-t9277.html
Originally posted by mourg
...Is tehre a way to find out who else is logged onto the same public network you are (doesnt even have to give any specific info, more like statistice such as how many people are on the network)...
Originally posted by mourg
...Also, I noticed in netstumbler there is a vendor category which never displays anything when i am picking up signals. Is there any way to find out what type of access point is being used?. ...
Originally posted by mourg
...I have WEP on mine as well as Mac filtering so I am covered. ...
Originally posted by mourg
...Most of the articles i can find are just news reports giving information about weakness, as opposed to details as how the protocol actually works.
Originally posted by mourg
For example, everyone is saying that wireless networks are vunerable to hack. As far as I can tell, worst case is someone gets your WEP key and surf the web. They cannot get access to your system (as far as I know, please correct me if i am wrong on this). So what is the big security risk. Free internet?
Originally posted by mourg
All you have to do is mac filter them out.