Wireless interenet

[Danny]

sorry if its in the wrong section but it is illegal to connect to and use somebody elses internet connection i just wonderd as i have been connecting and using somebodys connection on my laptop and wonderd if it was ok?

[xsmile_be_happyx]

its illegal to hack into someone elses, but i presume u have a router linked to a main pc or something, making your laptop wireless? if so that aint illegal, cause thats what mine is

[Danny]

i have inbuilt wireless on my laptop

[bbewekim]

If your neighbours stupid enough not to password their connection, f00k it and use it :).

[xsmile_be_happyx]

do u pay for the internet? lol

[woodsy]

ha ha

when working away me and my mate sat in the van and connected on someones wireless

someone phoned the cops on us lol

never got arrested, but warned us data protection blaa blaa etc

but if i found out i was paying for broadband and someone was using it ... wouldnt be happy i suppose

[Danny]

iv heard they can track my ip address ?

[milesg]

if you dont pay for the connection, then i would presume its illegal,

[Luke]

Yeah it's illegal to use someone elses wireless internet connection. I set one up in my house and I make sure the password is hard to break.

[Dan]

Yeah I wouldnt run the risk of using it.

[Danny]

looks like ill have to go and buy a routor tomorrow then



thanks for the advise people !!

[Scott]

yes its illegal, same thing as stealing. I do it as well though particularly when abroad at hotels or when on business in hotels in city centres as there is normally an unsecure network somewhere in a busy place.

Do the crime, do the time though so weight up the risks of stealing of potentially a good neighbour of yours if they find out they might not be such good neighbours when they find out you have used their months bandwidth downloading donkey porn...

[woodsy]

downloading donkey porn...


lmbo ...

i suppose most of us have all done it in one way or another ... not downloading donkey porn i mean

[Jackman]

i did this when my net was down. what they dont know doesnt hurt.

[saxodan]

I know a good little program that runs on linux that picks up packets and will break the encryption code for you :wink:

If they have a mac adress enabled on the other hand it wont work

Quite a few networks where I live

[Luke]

There is a network next door to me, keep wondering if I should give it a go.

[Danny]

If i did get a routor how do i attach it to my comp ?

[woodsy]

you have to have broadband in your house first

[Danny]

i have got broadband

[stevenet15]

i had been using my next door neighbours for over a years untill he moved house, now i got my own wireless i put a network key on it so no one else can use it

[Predator_R32]

lol steve, mine has a passphrase key, and the laptop use a wireless LAN, i can pick up next doors but the signal aint that good anyway, he would probablies give me the passkey anyway :)

[woodsy]

all instructions will come with the router but in simple form ...

router plugs into the phone line which will pick up the broadband,

wireless lan card on your laptop (or if you have a desktop pc pluged into the router by cable) will pick up the broadband

[Danny]

im on cable broadband NTL will that make any diffrence ?

[Viper]

its only illegal if you get caught :y:

[Dave86]

I can pick up somebodys wireless internet who lives round the corner!! At least a 100 yards away. I dont use it though. Serve them right if i did though, should have a pass key

[Danny]

thanks for the advise peeps im off to bed gotta be up at 7 night all

[Robb]

im always finding wireless networks with the wifi on my phone

its the shiznit

[BENSAX3]

ntl will make a difference. we are with them and have a netgear wgr614v6. recommended by ntl. works fine on a laptop with wireless built in and on two other pcs. comes with a fisk follow the steps on the disk to set it up. dead easy. recommened it

[Alex]

iv heard they can track my ip address ?

If you connect to a wireless network, the router will assign you a network ip, eg "192.168.1.101", that ip is not unique to the internet, so if you do something illegal it will be the network owner with police banging at his door.

[b0t13]

connecting to an open network (no password) isnt illegal as its a legal requirement for businesses etc. to have adequete security on the network, cracking the WEP or WPA code is illegal however.

we was learning about this in uni and its not illegal to use someones internet if its open and not passworded, but gaining entry to a secure network is illegal.

if its open then use it ;)

[vidal]

connecting to an open network (no password) isnt illegal as its a legal requirement for businesses etc. to have adequete security on the network, cracking the WEP or WPA code is illegal however.

we was learning about this in uni and its not illegal to use someones internet if its open and not passworded, but gaining entry to a secure network is illegal.

if its open then use it ;)

Gaining access to a non-secure network may or may not be illegal, however the usage of bandwidth and data allocation is technically illegal, although AFAICR there is no precedent for legal action being taken.

I would be interested to know how your neighbour would react to you taking a free ride off his connection. Some may be glad that you've hilighted a loophole in their network security, some may want to punch you! Don't forget, you will have to live next to them for some time, so work out if it's worth the hassle.

[zakery_18]

i need wireless mines crap!