effectsof other neighborhood wireless

Hi Again,

As long as I'm just lying here with a broken foot and on pain pills, I
might as well ask one more question. (By the way, I do search the
groups sufficiently prior to posting. They get a little pissed in the
pinball newsgroup when people don't do that first...understandably.)

I have at least two other wireless networks in my immediate
neighborhood. One I couldn't see by scanning, but the guy could see
mine. He called me and I guess we worked it out to his satisfaction.
The other network I can see when I do a site scan. I'm 128 WEP
enabled. The other guy is not at all.

I'd like to know if this other guy can cause me to have intermittant
signal loss/drop or if he can see/do/use anything of mine. I'm
currently running 11b.

I'm new to this, but have a basic understanding. Any help or advice
would be greatly appreciated,

Bob Buzzotta
www.fishtoes.com

Sorry about your predicament Bob. Yes, your neighbor, the one you see when
doing a site scan, can interfere with your connection causing it to drop. The
same thing is happening in my neighborhood. A neighbor, who it is I don't
know, causes my signal to be dropped whenever he turns on his network. I leave
mine powered on all day with 128 WEP. But he must turn his off during the day.
As soon as he turns it on, I drop my connection. In a few seconds I am
connected and no further problems.

I think the wireless adapter in your PC gets confused when another WLAN signal
is detected. I have tried changing channels, making sure that I don't connect
automatically to non-preferred networks in my Advanced properties of my
Wireless Networks Properties, but this still happens from time to time.

Can he do anything to your network? I suppose if he is a skilled enough hacker
he could break your WEP encryption. WAP encryption is a much stronger way to
go but not a lot of 802.11b wireless hardware offer the WAP standard. I would
suggest making your WEP passphrase a non dictionary word, make it 12 or 15
characters long with numbers and letters. Change the passphrase frequently and
turn on MAC filtering. Chances are you'll be okay.

Chris
>Hi Again,
>
>As long as I'm just lying here with a broken foot and on pain pills, I
>might as well ask one more question. (By the way, I do search the
>groups sufficiently prior to posting. They get a little pissed in the
>pinball newsgroup when people don't do that first...understandably.)
>
>I have at least two other wireless networks in my immediate
>neighborhood. One I couldn't see by scanning, but the guy could see
>mine. He called me and I guess we worked it out to his satisfaction.
>The other network I can see when I do a site scan. I'm 128 WEP
>enabled. The other guy is not at all.
>
>I'd like to know if this other guy can cause me to have intermittant
>signal loss/drop or if he can see/do/use anything of mine. I'm
>currently running 11b.
>
>I'm new to this, but have a basic understanding. Any help or advice
>would be greatly appreciated,
>
>Bob Buzzotta
>www.fishtoes.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

(E-Mail Removed)ispamo (Chris S.) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Sorry about your predicament Bob. Yes, your neighbor, the one you see when
> doing a site scan, can interfere with your connection causing it to drop. The
> same thing is happening in my neighborhood. A neighbor, who it is I don't
> know, causes my signal to be dropped whenever he turns on his network. I leave
> mine powered on all day with 128 WEP. But he must turn his off during the day.
> As soon as he turns it on, I drop my connection. In a few seconds I am
> connected and no further problems.
>
> I think the wireless adapter in your PC gets confused when another WLAN signal
> is detected. I have tried changing channels, making sure that I don't connect
> automatically to non-preferred networks in my Advanced properties of my
> Wireless Networks Properties, but this still happens from time to time.
>
> Can he do anything to your network? I suppose if he is a skilled enough hacker
> he could break your WEP encryption. WAP encryption is a much stronger way to
> go but not a lot of 802.11b wireless hardware offer the WAP standard. I would
> suggest making your WEP passphrase a non dictionary word, make it 12 or 15
> characters long with numbers and letters. Change the passphrase frequently and
> turn on MAC filtering. Chances are you'll be okay.
>
> Chris
> >Hi Again,
> >
> >As long as I'm just lying here with a broken foot and on pain pills, I
> >might as well ask one more question. (By the way, I do search the
> >groups sufficiently prior to posting. They get a little pissed in the
> >pinball newsgroup when people don't do that first...understandably.)
> >
> >I have at least two other wireless networks in my immediate
> >neighborhood. One I couldn't see by scanning, but the guy could see
> >mine. He called me and I guess we worked it out to his satisfaction.
> >The other network I can see when I do a site scan. I'm 128 WEP
> >enabled. The other guy is not at all.
> >
> >I'd like to know if this other guy can cause me to have intermittant
> >signal loss/drop or if he can see/do/use anything of mine. I'm
> >currently running 11b.
> >
> >I'm new to this, but have a basic understanding. Any help or advice
> >would be greatly appreciated,
> >
> >Bob Buzzotta
> >www.fishtoes.com
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks for the info chris...much appreciated!

Bob
> >
> >
> >