On Thursday 28 May 2020 01:30:14 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my sprint > > bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably need to > > update my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in it, but I'll have to > > set it so the neighbors are locked out, probably by catching this > > ones MAC and disallowing anything else. > > MACs can be cloned (though I doubt your neighbours would do this). > I know, I am doing it so I have a fixed inet4 address regardless of which router is in service.
> You will get better protection by enabling WPA2-PSK (pre-shared key), > with encryption type AES and setting a reasonably long and complicated > password / phrase. > Unless you're neighbours are some super-hackers They are dumb, but the offender apparently has a cracker app on his phone. Changing the simple pw only locks him out for 3 or so minutes. He's a cast iron PITA in person too. > there's no real need > to go wild here, something like https://xkcd.com/936/ will be more > than enough (do note the words are *random*). There's xkcdpass in > Debian and several online password generators inspired by XKCD 936. I've seen that, great stuff. > You might want to write the password on a piece of paper to show it to > guests that you want to grant access. > > For additional protection DD-WRT can probably enable a dedicated > "guest" WiFi. This is useful only if you want to isolate guests from > the rest of your network while still allowing them to use your > internet access. Thats how it works, I can't "see" their traffic until I get the monthly bill. > Kind regards, > Andrei Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>