[GTALUG] Suggestions for stopping occasional spurious use of commercial wi-fi

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Sun Sep 16 14:36:52 EDT 2018


On 09/16/2018 02:32 PM, Don Tai wrote:
> You can also look into using metal mesh/aluminium foil to limit your
> router's directionality. For example if you are in an apartment and
> the router is on the west perimiter, put up some chicken wire blocking
> access further west. If you are in an apartment with a single floor
> then reorient your antenna to not transmit your signal higher or lower
> than your floor. That will further limit access.
>

WPA2 encryption would be more effective.  Start with a new password.  I
use the "Perfect Passwords" from www.grc.com to generate 63 random
characters.




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