Thanks for that, Ken. I didn't know that you could change the subnet; hang on,
is that a subnet or is the 255.255 etc . . . the subnet?
Chris
On 29 Mar 2011, at 18:18, Ken Norton wrote:
> 5. I changed my LAN to another subnet, (ie, 192.168.10.1) and that
> immediately addressed that. The activity lights quieted immediately
> AND the throughput increased back to normal levels.
>
> So, this does bring up an observation. Even though BOTH WiFi systems
> were running WPA, using WireShark, which is a packet-sniffer, I was
> able to see the packets from their network. I couldn't access the
> Internet through their network, but I could see every website and
> packet that flowed to/from their computers from their WiFi AP. In
> essence, by not only being on the same channel, but being in the same
> IP addresses, I was able to spoof their AP and see their information.
> Of course, this went both ways!
>
> Therefore, what I recommend is not only changing the standard settings
> of the WiFi AP from "LinkSys" or whatever it defaults to from the
> factory, but also changing the LAN from the default to some
> neighboring range.
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