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I have a 1000mW wi-fi card and 21dBi directional dish antenna. When I can see the house, I'm fairly certain, I can monitor your wi-fi. Regards, Jaan On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15/10/2010 19:26, Jaan Janesmae wrote: >> >> seems like the list is fixed now .... anyhow ... >> >> I'd say nearly 90% of all wi-fi networks are at risk being hacked. >> WEP is not even a challenge anymore and WPA/WPA2 is also >> cracked wide open with the help of some good rainbow tables. >> >> Of course back in the day when I used to live in the UK I happened >> to do some wardriving and found at least 20 or so open wi-fi networks >> by just going down the road a bit (1/4 mile or so). >> >> If you need a safe(r) network, then disable any wireless routers and >> use cable instead. If you do not care, use wi-fi networks. >> >> Regards, >> Jaan > > There is of course the scenario where you may live in a house set back far > enough from the road that the WiFi won't reach that far.. mine won't. I'm > *not* saying we have massive grounds.. more a combination of house set back > a bit, plus poor WiFi range :) > > Julian > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq