Have you tried to use one of the network activity monitors to see if
someone is trying to "dial" in?
A couple(okay more than a couple) of things that can stop that:
1) upgrade to the "snow" version -- it uses 128 bit encryption.
2) move the base station so that it is not so close to your neighbors or
to the street, 150' is a long ways.
3) Combo of close the network, use passwords, wep, mac address, change
the channel 2, 4 or more up or down from what you now have it set to,
etc. all at once.
4) Note: Anyone with the right kind of receiver can determine that you
have an operating Base Station as it transmits a radio signal, so
someone might try to tap into it to access your internet connection or
worse, into your computers, but keeping it closed will prevent that from
happening, so really 4) is get used to folks trying to get in.
5) just to be safe, put the firewalls in place on the individual
computers and lock the ports down that you don't want open!!!!!!!
6) Unplug the Base Station when you are gone.
7) Check into HenWen, a gui for SNORT, a network intrusion detection
system
Jerry
On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 12:21 AM, Brian O'Neal wrote:
> I am trying to find something that will help me determine if there is
> someone on or trying to get onto my Airport.
>
> I have noticed it going crazy here the past two days. I will go into my
> office and no computers are on, and both of the L.E.Ds are going crazy,
> not
> quite solid, but flashing rapidly. This will go on for a few minutes or
> until I unplug the BS. The cable connection activity light will stay
> inactive, so no info is being passed from it.
> I cant seem to find anything that will let me get any idea of whats
> happening (if anything at all).
>
> It is set up DHCP with nat. I also have just me airport card mac
> address in
> the access control tab of the BS utility. And also have a pass word. No
> wep
> or closed network. I don?t remember, but I think I did have the network
> closed and wep on when I first noticed this activity, but no mac addres.
>
> Anyone out there have any experience with this?
>
> Brian O'Neal
>
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
