<div class="IPBDescription">Mini-rant</div> A little advice to anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma area; don't get Qwest Wireless DSL. It's insecure as hell, even if you happen to use WEPS encryption.
<!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Oct 24 2004, 01:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Oct 24 2004, 01:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A little advice to anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma area; don't get Qwest Wireless DSL. It's insecure as hell, even if you happen to use WEPS encryption.
They better give me a god damned refund. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a <i>friggin joke</i>. They could at LEAST use WPA.
<!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Oct 23 2004, 05:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Oct 23 2004, 05:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm in Bellevue. Get Comcast: blazing fast, no problems. Almost no outages, especially recently. It rawks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> It's not outages I'm worried about, it's the people in my neighborhood who can hack through my WEPS encryption and use my box as a cover ISP for all their legal and non-legal shenanigans.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a friggin joke. They could at LEAST use WPA.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
WPA was an option, along with WEP+802.1x, but I couldn't use it seeing as the wireless reciever I got for my GF's pc wasn't compatible with WPA. Just plain 'ol WEPS. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Oct 23 2004, 06:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Oct 23 2004, 06:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> charter high speed cable for the win <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Cable and me have only bad memories. I'm not sure if I'm ready to mend our once turbulent relationship.
*Renegade sheds a single tear, then hits something to preserve his masculinity*
<!--QuoteBegin-Dorian Gray+Oct 23 2004, 09:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dorian Gray @ Oct 23 2004, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Oct 24 2004, 01:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Oct 24 2004, 01:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A little advice to anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma area; don't get Qwest Wireless DSL. It's insecure as hell, even if you happen to use WEPS encryption.
They better give me a god damned refund. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a <i>friggin joke</i>. They could at LEAST use WPA. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Wow. Now I'm lost. However I am also curious. I would love to read any intarweb explanations about this stuff, if I can get a link.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cold-NiTe+Oct 24 2004, 12:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 24 2004, 12:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wow. Now I'm lost. However I am also curious. I would love to read any intarweb explanations about this stuff, if I can get a link. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <a href='http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WEP.html' target='_blank'>WEP</a> <a href='http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WPA.html' target='_blank'>WPA</a>
<!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Oct 24 2004, 01:39 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Oct 24 2004, 01:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *Cries after reading and comparing the two types of encryptions*
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:white'>WHY DO YOU HATE ME GOD?!?</b></span></span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Hah, someone is probably stealing your bandwidth right now. I didn't even pay attention to the fact that you were talking about wireless internet until I read those links. I knew a bunch of people who used to leech off of random people's wireless connections. Scary stuff. Surely there is something you can do on your end though right?
<!--QuoteBegin-Cold-NiTe+Oct 23 2004, 10:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Oct 23 2004, 10:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Oct 24 2004, 01:39 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Oct 24 2004, 01:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *Cries after reading and comparing the two types of encryptions*
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:white'>WHY DO YOU HATE ME GOD?!?</b></span></span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Hah, someone is probably stealing your bandwidth right now. I didn't even pay attention to the fact that you were talking about wireless internet until I read those links. I knew a bunch of people who used to leech off of random people's wireless connections. Scary stuff. Surely there is something you can do on your end though right? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Quick solution: Find them. Kill them.
1) Find a lot of elephant porn 2) Wait for someone to leech off of your connection (They get connected to the network, don't they?) 3) Give the leech a nice little gift in at least twenty different folders on his drive so that it's difficult to get rid of.
1) Find a lot of elephant porn 2) Wait for someone to leech off of your connection (They get connected to the network, don't they?) 3) Give the leech a nice little gift in at least twenty different folders on his drive so that it's difficult to get rid of. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> 1) No 2) I only found out about it when my ISP called me and informed me that they had detected a breach in my network (they had detected him break the WEPS encryption, accessed my network, and use my box as a cover for his activities. I'm assuming it's a man because I know of no female hackers). 3) Again, no
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They better give me a god damned refund. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a <i>friggin joke</i>. They could at LEAST use WPA.
It's not outages I'm worried about, it's the people in my neighborhood who can hack through my WEPS encryption and use my box as a cover ISP for all their legal and non-legal shenanigans.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a friggin joke. They could at LEAST use WPA.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
WPA was an option, along with WEP+802.1x, but I couldn't use it seeing as the wireless reciever I got for my GF's pc wasn't compatible with WPA. Just plain 'ol WEPS. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Cable and me have only bad memories. I'm not sure if I'm ready to mend our once turbulent relationship.
*Renegade sheds a single tear, then hits something to preserve his masculinity*
They better give me a god damned refund. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
WEP encryption? You're kidding, right? That's crackable in anywhere between 10 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the amount of data being sent. I.E, its a <i>friggin joke</i>. They could at LEAST use WPA. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wow. Now I'm lost. However I am also curious. I would love to read any intarweb explanations about this stuff, if I can get a link.
<a href='http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WEP.html' target='_blank'>WEP</a>
<a href='http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WPA.html' target='_blank'>WPA</a>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:white'>WHY DO YOU HATE ME GOD?!?</b></span></span>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:white'>WHY DO YOU HATE ME GOD?!?</b></span></span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hah, someone is probably stealing your bandwidth right now. I didn't even pay attention to the fact that you were talking about wireless internet until I read those links. I knew a bunch of people who used to leech off of random people's wireless connections. Scary stuff. Surely there is something you can do on your end though right?
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><span style='color:white'>WHY DO YOU HATE ME GOD?!?</b></span></span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hah, someone is probably stealing your bandwidth right now. I didn't even pay attention to the fact that you were talking about wireless internet until I read those links. I knew a bunch of people who used to leech off of random people's wireless connections. Scary stuff. Surely there is something you can do on your end though right? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Quick solution: Find them. Kill them.
Difficult solution: Let your ISP track them down.
Right now I'm opting for the former.
go cabel (fiber?!)
1) Find a lot of elephant porn
2) Wait for someone to leech off of your connection (They get connected to the network, don't they?)
3) Give the leech a nice little gift in at least twenty different folders on his drive so that it's difficult to get rid of.
1) Find a lot of elephant porn
2) Wait for someone to leech off of your connection (They get connected to the network, don't they?)
3) Give the leech a nice little gift in at least twenty different folders on his drive so that it's difficult to get rid of. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
1) No
2) I only found out about it when my ISP called me and informed me that they had detected a breach in my network (they had detected him break the WEPS encryption, accessed my network, and use my box as a cover for his activities. I'm assuming it's a man because I know of no female hackers).
3) Again, no