"Borrowing" Wireless

[Dan]

So I recently moved into a residential building that's about 30 stories high and packed with people. Since I don't have any internet, the first thing I do is go browsing for open networks and there is a great one nearby without any security at all. The downside is that the connection is really slow with a lot of dropped packets. So I figure I would do some of my lowtech hacking and try to see if I can do anything with their router to boost my connection. Of course the password is still set to admin. And when I get in I see that there are probably 8 different people trying to use this one SOB's internet connection. The first thing I do is change the password. Then one by one I kicked all the other leaches out using their mac addresses. I figured out who the actual owner was because after I banned him he must have unplugged his router to restart it and so I made sure to put him/her back on.

I know it sounds like a bad thing to do, but I probably made this guys internet connection 10x faster and now have free internet for me too.

 

[ktimekiller]

yea, and your the sole leecher lol

 

[Dan]

exactly

 

[huntingbear]

nice....after a month of having my connection become sluggish from people raping my wireless i WPA'd it and named my router "NOMOREFREEINTERNET4ULEECHERS" however "LEECHERS" wouldn't fit so i had to shorten it. nevertheless haven't had a one hack the WPA yet

 

[Stigmata]

Hmm. I don't live in an apartment, but my wireless HAS seemed a mite shitty lately. I'm going to WPA it soon (or whichever encryption key type the Wii supports).

 

[Dan]

you can probably look on your router to see who else is using your wireless

 

[Jintor]

If you're in Singapore, you're going to get owned.

 

[xcellerate]

I just set my router to where it only allows my physical address.

Makes things easier.

 

[Javert]

My wireless doesn't have that problem.

Great when you live by a bunch of seniors with a golf course behind you.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

DOWNLOAD THE PORN OFF THE INTERNET

 

[Jintor]

I saw Javert's sig and thought it was his post.

 

[cheddarrr]

wireless is the devil

 

[Bad^Hat]

Awesome.

Just don't go bragging about it to your flatmates.

 

[mindless_moder]

so are you planning on making this permanent or are you going to get your own connection.

 

[Cole]

You are AWESOME.

 

[15357]

Heh, I used to have a wireless router, and I didn't mind if people used it or not, as long as they didn't hack my computer.

 

[Steven]

Heh, I used to have a wireless router, and I didn't mind if people used it or not, as long as they didn't hack my computer.

You dident mind paying for other people's internet useage?

 

[jverne]

You dident mind paying for other people's internet useage?

i guess it it some kind of S Korean solidarity amongst people thing?!

 

[15357]

You dident mind paying for other people's internet useage?

My VDSL service had a monthly fee, regardless of usage.

 

[Clavius]

I have a similair story, however it ended a little less satisfactionary.
In my old place I had a wired network in my room, with decent internet, but no wireless. So, if I wanted to sit on my balcony and browse, I had to log in on the AP of the people across the street.
It worked, yet the connection was piss poor, so I searched on the internet on how to improve it. Changing the channel (1-15 afaik) might help, so I boarded their AP and started trying the different channels.
Little did I know of the fact that the top channels were not supported by my laptops' wireless adapter. So, after changing the channel to 13 and applying, I am now using a long UTP cable.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

My wireless network had problems finding a path through all that concrete, all that wood, all that plastaboard, and all that DVDs and CDs in my cupboard between my card and my router. So I would sometimes connect to the guys network over the road. Unfortuantly, one day, secured his network to only accept designated MAC addresses