Well, you can, but it probably involves crossing some lines you don't want to cross.
You could connect to their network, then open your web browser and go to http://www.showmemyip.com/ or a similar site. Then you could google the IP address and you might get a lucky hit -- they might be running a DNS server or something. But it's more than likely an address from a DHCP or PPPoE pool, and won't tell you anything. At this point you'd have to decide whether to give it up, or to sniff their network traffic. I won't give any how-to advice on that. You can probably identify your neighbor without too much trouble, but do you really want to do that? And then do you want to explain how you found out who they are? -Gary- On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:18 PM, David Grenfell <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi guys and gals: > > I have a question that has nothing to do with jbase, but thought you might > want a change of pace for a while. > > In my neighbourhood, there is somebody using a wireless router with no > protection so that I can hop on most of the time along with anyone else. I > would like to talk to this person and help them set up some encryption. > > Is there any way I can send them a private message. Their computer does > not show up on my network. I'm using Vista Home Premium > > Dave. > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Please read the posting guidelines at: > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines > > IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions > specific to Globus/T24 > > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en > -- Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en
