If I could add one thing. Barb Bowman mentioned in an
article about using a "decoy" base station, as well. I
found that having a cheap 802.11b base station with an
SSID of "GAMES" and easily hacked WEP key, allows me to
log the MAC address of would-be hackers adapters. I then
can enter them into the EXCLUDE MAC ADDRESSES list of my
actual, working, MN-700 base station. One more layer...
>-----Original Message-----
>Removing the SSID broadcast still leaves the wireless
>vulnerable. It just makes attacks a little harder -- a
>special software freely available in the Internet is
>needed.
>
>To protect your network, you should change the WEP key
>frequently and set MAC address filtering -- or upgrade
>the base station to 802.11g that supports WPA (e.g.
>MN700).
>
>WEP in 802.11b is flawed for all vendors. This includes
>the MN-500 and equipment from all other vendors. When
>enough wireless data is captured, the WEP key can be
>inferred, permitting an attacker to connect to a
network,
>or view wireless data (e.g. files exchanged between
>computers, or browsing the web) without having to
>actually connect to the LAN (and thus without being
>noticed!).
>
>By changing the WEP key frequently, the amount of data
is
>limited hopefully preventing an attacked from obtaining
>the key. The MAC filtering further increases security by
>preventing an attacker from connecting to the LAN, in
the
>event she was able to obtain enough data to get the WEP
>key.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi everyone hafter more than 3 hours on line with Tech
>>Sup. I figured it out myself. So if you are having
>>trouble with yours heres an easy fix. After trying
>>various ways to get the PCs in my home to list in the
>>utility and ALL failing I removed the hardware from my
>>device manager and removed the software from the PC
with
>>the wireless connection in my case model MN510. I
>>reinstalled the software using the 1st option to also
>set
>>up a product. The first time I was asked to set up
file
>>sharing I declined. That failed so I
>>uninstalledeverything and reinstalled again this time
>>setting up for file sharing. I guess it had something
>to
>>do with the fact the PC I was working with is operating
>>Windows ME. Once the system restarted It asked if I
>>wanted to sset up for the file sharing or retaining my
>>current settings I chose to retain the current setting
>of
>>NO file sharing. And It worked it is now showing up in
>>my Basestation Manager. Also i received some really
>good
>>advice from Microsoft about my PC and wireless network
>>getting hacked into even though I was setup with a WEP
>>and had the broadband firewall running. After you have
>>all PC's in your home setu with networking go into your
>>Management tools go to Wireless and uncheck the box
>>beside broadcast network name. This will remove your
>SSID
>>from being public. They also had me set up my firewall
>>not to allow Pings from other PCs than those on my
>>network. After being hacked into when I thought I was
>>protected its better safe than sorry. You may want to
>>try yourselves it may or may not work for you but all
of
>>my PCs are connected and surfing the net just fine.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi I hope someone can help me please. I recently
found
>>>out that my neighbor hacked into my system even though
>I
>>>had the security WEP set up for the strongest
>possible.
>>>Microsoft has changed my settings for me to help
>prevent
>>>this from occuring again but I just noticed that my
>>>broadband Network utility for both of my computers
>isn't
>>>listing the connected PC's in the Connected Network
>>>Devices section on the side of my utility. I'm hoping
>>>that if I can get them to list ALL PC's that are
>>connected
>>>I will be able to notice if my neighbor tries to hack
>>into
>>>my PCs again. How do I get the utility to list these
>>>again? I have tried to refresh this list several
times
>>>without luck. I have the wirelessg basestation and
the
>>>510 adapter.
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
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