Changing Wireless Networks

I have a wireless network in my home. I use WEP. I have a firewall. I
block inappropriate sites using key word filtering on my wireless router. I
only allow my router to permit traffic from my kids' computer during certain
hours. Problem is Windows XP and the good folks of my neighborhood. My kids
have discovered they can simply elect to connect to another (unsecured)
wireless network to bypass the content filtering and access restrictions I
have placed on their computer. My kids have their own user account on their
computer and the account is classified as “limited.� However, they still
have enough permissions to change wireless networks.

I have tried turning off the wireless zero configuration service but, that
prevents connecting to my own home network. Any suggestions on how to keep
users from switching wireless networks if you don't want them to?

"Dataworm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AA948F5D-BAAC-4B7C-ACE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a wireless network in my home. I use WEP. I have a firewall. I
> block inappropriate sites using key word filtering on my wireless router.
> I
> only allow my router to permit traffic from my kids' computer during
> certain
> hours. Problem is Windows XP and the good folks of my neighborhood. My
> kids
> have discovered they can simply elect to connect to another (unsecured)
> wireless network to bypass the content filtering and access restrictions I
> have placed on their computer. My kids have their own user account on
> their
> computer and the account is classified as "limited." However, they still
> have enough permissions to change wireless networks.
>
> I have tried turning off the wireless zero configuration service but, that
> prevents connecting to my own home network. Any suggestions on how to
> keep
> users from switching wireless networks if you don't want them to?
>

1) Put a wep or wpa key in your kids wirless config on the neigbours
connection, This should get the pc trying to connect with security and fail.
2) Maybe also put router name in hosts file and point ip# to 127.0.0.1, that
should block it too.
3) And also manually put your router gateway in network config,.

Thanks Don. I'll give it a shot!

"Don Grover" wrote:

>
> "Dataworm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AA948F5D-BAAC-4B7C-ACE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a wireless network in my home. I use WEP. I have a firewall. I
> > block inappropriate sites using key word filtering on my wireless router.
> > I
> > only allow my router to permit traffic from my kids' computer during
> > certain
> > hours. Problem is Windows XP and the good folks of my neighborhood. My
> > kids
> > have discovered they can simply elect to connect to another (unsecured)
> > wireless network to bypass the content filtering and access restrictions I
> > have placed on their computer. My kids have their own user account on
> > their
> > computer and the account is classified as "limited." However, they still
> > have enough permissions to change wireless networks.
> >
> > I have tried turning off the wireless zero configuration service but, that
> > prevents connecting to my own home network. Any suggestions on how to
> > keep
> > users from switching wireless networks if you don't want them to?
> >
>
> 1) Put a wep or wpa key in your kids wirless config on the neigbours
> connection, This should get the pc trying to connect with security and fail.
> 2) Maybe also put router name in hosts file and point ip# to 127.0.0.1, that
> should block it too.
> 3) And also manually put your router gateway in network config,.
>
>
>
>

setting gateway manually didn't work as both netwroks had same IP scheme.
However, the WEP key worked. I set a WEP key on all the unsecured netwroks I
could find and now connection fails. thanks for the tip!

"Don Grover" wrote:

>
> "Dataworm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AA948F5D-BAAC-4B7C-ACE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a wireless network in my home. I use WEP. I have a firewall. I
> > block inappropriate sites using key word filtering on my wireless router.
> > I
> > only allow my router to permit traffic from my kids' computer during
> > certain
> > hours. Problem is Windows XP and the good folks of my neighborhood. My
> > kids
> > have discovered they can simply elect to connect to another (unsecured)
> > wireless network to bypass the content filtering and access restrictions I
> > have placed on their computer. My kids have their own user account on
> > their
> > computer and the account is classified as "limited." However, they still
> > have enough permissions to change wireless networks.
> >
> > I have tried turning off the wireless zero configuration service but, that
> > prevents connecting to my own home network. Any suggestions on how to
> > keep
> > users from switching wireless networks if you don't want them to?
> >
>
> 1) Put a wep or wpa key in your kids wirless config on the neigbours
> connection, This should get the pc trying to connect with security and fail.
> 2) Maybe also put router name in hosts file and point ip# to 127.0.0.1, that
> should block it too.
> 3) And also manually put your router gateway in network config,.
>
>
>
>

If as you say the neighbours wlan is same ip range as yours,.
I would as a matter of course change your router default IP and range to a
different block.
ie. if router is 192.168.0.1 then change it to 192.168.23.1 , dont forget to
change dhcp ect. in router if used.
One quick way I have done this is to export the router config to a text
file, do a global replace and import again, worked for me.

Don

"Dataworm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E2CD4BDD-EF34-4879-B54F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> setting gateway manually didn't work as both netwroks had same IP scheme.
> However, the WEP key worked. I set a WEP key on all the unsecured
> netwroks I
> could find and now connection fails. thanks for the tip!
>
> "Don Grover" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Dataworm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AA948F5D-BAAC-4B7C-ACE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have a wireless network in my home. I use WEP. I have a firewall. I
>> > block inappropriate sites using key word filtering on my wireless
>> > router.
>> > I
>> > only allow my router to permit traffic from my kids' computer during
>> > certain
>> > hours. Problem is Windows XP and the good folks of my neighborhood.
>> > My
>> > kids
>> > have discovered they can simply elect to connect to another (unsecured)
>> > wireless network to bypass the content filtering and access
>> > restrictions I
>> > have placed on their computer. My kids have their own user account on
>> > their
>> > computer and the account is classified as "limited." However, they
>> > still
>> > have enough permissions to change wireless networks.
>> >
>> > I have tried turning off the wireless zero configuration service but,
>> > that
>> > prevents connecting to my own home network. Any suggestions on how to
>> > keep
>> > users from switching wireless networks if you don't want them to?
>> >
>>
>> 1) Put a wep or wpa key in your kids wirless config on the neigbours
>> connection, This should get the pc trying to connect with security and
>> fail.
>> 2) Maybe also put router name in hosts file and point ip# to 127.0.0.1,
>> that
>> should block it too.
>> 3) And also manually put your router gateway in network config,.
>>
>>
>>
>>