Security Basics: Re: About War Driving ..

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-11-29 gaurav saha wrote:
> I was wondering if it is possible to locate and catch a guy who is
> connecting to our wep wireless network and downloading stuff from
> torrents and using up our bandwidth .. 
> I checked up with arp scan and found 2 unknown IPs 192.168.1.246 and
> 247 
> Is there anyway of locating the guy in a building of 7 floors and how
> to stop this ..I have tried changing the Wep keys so . he is cracking
> the wep key.
> Any Suggestion People ?
Quit using WEP (which is known to be insecure for years) and move to
WPA. If your access point doesn't support WPA: trash it and get a device
that does. When setting up WPA use a strong passphrase.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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