re: Wireless security
Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ari
(1378 messages posted)
Simple. Buy three cheap wireless routers. Set them to the same bands, same channels
and same SSID's as the three neighboring routers you don't want your people to connect
to, give them no encryption, and lock them in a closet in your office.
Because they're so close, their signal strength will, in your office, overpower the
signal strength of the distant neighboring routers and when your people try to connect
to those distant routers, they'll get your decoy routers instead. You don't have
to connect those routers to the internet; your people will connect to them, and get
nothing. They'll learn soon enough that the only way to get internet connectivity
is to connect to the network they're SUPPOSED to connect to.
On Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:32 am, Cal wrote:
>Hello
>I have a issue dealing with wireless security. I manage an office with 30 people.
>They are always coming and going (due to the nature of the job) and they each have
>their own laptop.
>
>We have a wireless network setup WPA encrypted, firewalled. It's secure and I'm
happy
>with it.
>
>The problem is there are 3 OTHER unsecured networks that can be accessed from our
>office. One of which is so unsecured you can access their router directly once
connected
>to that network. Simply put the default gateway into your browser and when the login
>screen appears, press enter... It's ridiculous
>
>What I would like to do is come up with a way to prevent people from my office accessing
>these unsecured networks. Then doing business i.e. email, logging into secure sites
>we use, transferring sensitive information.
>
>Simply telling them doesn't work. Some will always use the easier quicker option.
>Such is human nature.
>
>So without just firing people if they use the unsecured networks what are my options?
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