I'm in a dorm and I want a wireless router for me and couple of my friends using the university's wired connection. We can get in trouble if someone detects it and reports it. Is there a way that only my friends and I can only connect to it without others even seeing we have a connection available?
2007-12-02 07:10:55 · 4 answers · asked by Justin T 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Well, yes you can hide the SSID, and you can hide the connections. BUT THE SIGNAL IS STILL BEING TRANSMITTED!!!!
So NO you can not totally hide the device. Wireless sniffers like netstumbler can still see the transmissions! (And net stumbler is a toy compared to some of the spectrum analyzers we security types use!)
Next issue, the school can also tell that a ROUTER has been attached to the network!!!! It tells them that on the wired cable!
So the statement
"We can get in trouble if someone detects it and reports it", you need to be aware the IT guys can also tell that a router was connected!
How much trouble are you willing to get into? Is it worth it?
Its too near Christmas for you to loose Santa Clause privileges.
2007-12-02 08:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can i just got the N1 router i put security on by puting the set up disk in and going to main menu and clicking security but make sure yiu write down your wep code cause you need to put that in your computer so you can reconnect it quite easy to do and i not that good at computers good luck
2007-12-02 15:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by minith41 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well you could always download the program netstumbler to find other connections in you area and jump on those that way nothing comes back to you here's the link:
http://downloads.netstumbler.com/downloads/netstumblerinstaller_0_4_0.exe
2007-12-02 15:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hide your SSID, and use a long SSID name so no one else can guess it.
2007-12-02 15:18:37 · answer #4 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋