Didn't even need to sign up for broadband...

[Paul Adams]

Playing around with some test wifi kit and "NETGEAR" is happily broadcasting itself to all and sundry somewhere near me...

No encryption of any kind.
DHCP server dishes out an IP address to any MAC that bothers to ask for one.
Default admin accout and password for web interface.
Grants unrestricted Internet access via a 10Mbps connection.

There is a PC connected on that WLAN, thankfully it has no file sharing enabled, but I'm tempted to do a port scan and see if the Messenger service is running to scare them

[Stoo]

Nice

"This is interpol, we know that you are downloading illegal pornography, stop immediately! Or at least share it out a little!"

[EvilMunky]

I used to have one that must have bene in the same flats as where i live - i had my own connection and would go wifi on theires to do anything dodgy i wanted to do.

very usefull.

Only problem is they only turn it on every now and then now......shame

[daniel_owen_uk]

Hmm highly illegal but always fun

[Apex]

Playing around with some test wifi kit and "NETGEAR" is happily broadcasting itself to all and sundry somewhere near me...

No encryption of any kind.
DHCP server dishes out an IP address to any MAC that bothers to ask for one.
Default admin accout and password for web interface.
Grants unrestricted Internet access via a 10Mbps connection.

There is a PC connected on that WLAN, thankfully it has no file sharing enabled, but I'm tempted to do a port scan and see if the Messenger service is running to scare them

It would be nice if you told them to secure there ap

[Rythmic]

Having -cough- seen the results of a wardrive, the figures were something like 290 APs found, 89 unsecure, 12 at default settings....