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

[Don Tai]

I'm on Bell, who gave me a Home hub 3000. It has a log, so you can see
errors. You can even download the log, but the info is not very useful.
>From the Bell router I also use RJ45 to my personal router.

On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 10:22, Bill Duncan via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Hey Dave,
> I agree with Bruce on his first 2 points, not sure about LoRa..
>
> What I do is turn the bell wifi off, link it to my own router over the
> wire.
>
> It'll take a few years for manufacturers and device makers, but WPA3 has
> been released.  Doesn't help you now, but..
>
> https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/07/wpa3.html
>
> https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/6/26/17501594/wpa3-wifi-security-certification
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 09:47:59PM -0400, UU wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, David Collier-Brown wrote:
> >
> > |I have a Rogers-supplied router and cable modem package, which twice
> has shown
> > |significant usage when I was out, once with the original unit and once
> with
> > |their replacement Cisco.?? That makes me suspicious of the current
> state of
> > |authentication for wi-fi schemes (and I use the term "schemes"
> advisedly: they
> > |used to horribly leaky (;-))
> > |
> > |What's a good approach? I have considered
> > |
> > | * MAC address lists,
> > | * no wi-fi (strictly wired doesn't work with solid concrete walls),
> > | * a second router with a more secure protocol (/is/ there such a
> > |   protocol? And will my wife's Mac speak it?))
> > | * something I haven't thought of
> >
> >
> >       !. yes, allow only designated MAC addresses
> >       2. change SSID & don't broadcast it
> >       2. consider LoRa as a possible adjunct/replacement
> >          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa
> >
> >
> > O .           Bruce Becker    Toronto, Ontario        +1 416 410 0879
> >   o  _///_ // Email: bdb at 0123456789-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz
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