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i am moving very soon to a new house

ON A HILL

likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
strays from my wirless signal

So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
tampering with it

IDEAS please

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:35 GMT, "Homeworker" <>
wrote:

>
>i am moving very soon to a new house
>
>ON A HILL
>
>likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
>strays from my wirless signal
>
>So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
>tampering with it
>
>IDEAS please

"NAMBLA WiFi"

Seriously - configure your WiFi properly, and it won't matter.

WPA-SK
Non-Broadcasting WEP
MAC based filtering.
No DHCP.

What else am I missing...
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On 2008-01-17, Homeworker <> wrote:
>
> i am moving very soon to a new house
>
> ON A HILL
>
> likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
> strays from my wirless signal
>
> So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
> tampering with it
>
> IDEAS please

Set it to not broadcast the SSID and it won't matter what you call it;
no-one will see the name anyway.

But that won't stop people from using it; for that you need actual
security, which you can achieve by following the instructions that go with
the router. You can also make use of shielding and directional reflectors
to limit the area covered by your broadcast - aluminium foil reflects a wifi
signal, and a wooden side-board full of the best china will stop it dead
in its tracks.

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Homeworker "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

>
> i am moving very soon to a new house
>
> ON A HILL
>
> likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
> strays from my wirless signal
>
> So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
> tampering with it
>
> IDEAS please
>
>

You can call it anything you'd like but people will still be trying to
tamper with it, even when you call it FBI Secret Access Point. Face it.
First steps to wireless security is to disable SSID broadcast, use strong
encryption, and, like Mike Easter mentioned, use MAC address filtering.

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Your mother was a strange buffoon who splashed about in the puddle of
decadence in caves.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:35 GMT, "Homeworker" <> wrote:

>
>i am moving very soon to a new house
>
>ON A HILL
>
>likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
>strays from my wirless signal
>
>So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
>tampering with it
>
>IDEAS please

Names won't scare people off. Just secure your network with WPA or WPA2.

You can't even see my wireless.

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dolphins to talk to each other through it, if you can't grep it it's
evil.

thanks for all the advice

i was only asking for name suggestions that might scare people
of tampering but how about some FUN names them ?

Incidently i was unaware network could be made invisable
??

?

if the networks made invsiable how on earth do you
ttach units to the network ?



"Homeworker" <> wrote in message
news:XkPjj.62746$...
>
> i am moving very soon to a new house
>
> ON A HILL
>
> likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
> strays from my wirless signal
>
> So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
> tampering with it
>
> IDEAS please
>
>

When my connection had a problem I was most grateful to my neighbours who
had unpprotected wifi - 6 of them, all on BT
I had warned 2 of them 6 months ago

"Evan Platt" <evan@*******************************> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:35 GMT, "Homeworker" <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>i am moving very soon to a new house
>>
>>ON A HILL
>>
>>likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
>>strays from my wirless signal
>>
>>So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
>>tampering with it
>>
>>IDEAS please
>
> "NAMBLA WiFi"
>
> Seriously - configure your WiFi properly, and it won't matter.
>
> WPA-SK
> Non-Broadcasting WEP
> MAC based filtering.
> No DHCP.
>
> What else am I missing...
> --
> To reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious from my e-mail address.

> "Evan Platt" <evan@*******************************> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:35 GMT, "Homeworker" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>i am moving very soon to a new house
>>>
>>>ON A HILL
>>>
>>>likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
>>>strays from my wirless signal
>>>
>>>So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
>>>tampering with it
>>>
>>>IDEAS please
>>
>> "NAMBLA WiFi"
>>
>> Seriously - configure your WiFi properly, and it won't matter.
>>
>> WPA-SK
>> Non-Broadcasting WEP
>> MAC based filtering.
>> No DHCP.
>>
>> What else am I missing...
>> --
>> To reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious from my e-mail address.
>
>
"old man" <> wrote in message
news:r3Tjj.54$...
> When my connection had a problem I was most grateful to my neighbours who
> had unpprotected wifi - 6 of them, all on BT
> I had warned 2 of them 6 months ago

Why did you wait until you had a problem?
>

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:05:11 -0800, Evan Platt
<evan@*******************************> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:35 GMT, "Homeworker" <>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>i am moving very soon to a new house
>>
>>ON A HILL
>>
>>likely posibly 200-300 people will be able to pick up
>>strays from my wirless signal
>>
>>So what can i call it that will SCARE people off from
>>tampering with it
>>
>>IDEAS please
>
>"NAMBLA WiFi"
>
>Seriously - configure your WiFi properly, and it won't matter.
>
>WPA-SK
>Non-Broadcasting WEP
>MAC based filtering.
>No DHCP.
>
>What else am I missing...

Call it Al-jazira TV network

Homeworker "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

> if the networks made invsiable how on earth do you
> ttach units to the network ?
>

If you name it for example "whorehouse" and make it invisible, you just
enter that name manually in the units you want to attach.


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her house.