How to check WIFI users
I have a G5 10.5.8 with ATT DSL wireless modem/router and I want to find a simple to use application that will tell me when others are on my connection. All the stuff I've read is way too complicated for me. I know how to lock it out with passwords but that's not an option at my office. John Carmonne Placentia CA 92870 From iMac Core Duo 2.0 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Keyboard Mouse supplied with the PowerMac G4 MDD June 2003 models?
On Mar 26, 5:38 am, Nathan Templeton pb2...@hotmail.com wrote: On 3/25/12 6:54 AM, J rg Duurkoop wrote: Hi, something other than black; I'd say it came with the black Pro Mouse Keyboard, just like its contemporaries did. I have one of the last MDDs that could boot OS9, it's from 2003, the German version. It came with a white Pro keyboard model nr. M7803 and a white mouse nr. A1152. Regards, J rg. I may be completely wrong here, but as I recall, with the PowerMacs, when sold came with the black keyboard and mouse, while the white sets were sent out with the G4 iMacs and later G5's. While I have nothing to base this one other than my own experience. My DA/533 came with a black set, my iMac G4/800 came with a white set and my G5 came with black. So, who knows. Either are nice keyboards, the mice do leave something to be desired. Too be honest, there are many third party sets out there that are more bang for the buck. ~Nathan -- -- Izzy: MacMini 2011/Corei5/4gig/10.7.2 Sandbox: PowerbookG4/1.25/1.25/10.5.6 Meh: 1g iPhone/8gig/3.0.3 Thanks for the replies so far! I'll just mention, J rg Duurkoop you stated it came with a white A1152 mouse, but, that's the model number for the Mighty Mouse Apple released in 2005.Did you mean the Apple Mouse? I think when it was first released the Apple Keyboard (A1048) was released along side the Apple Mouse, which from I can tell was nearly identical to the white Apple Pro Mouse, it just had the Pro dropped from the name. Although I don't know what model number it used? At any rate, I'm inclined to believe the MDD did come with a Pro keyboard, white or black regardless; mostly because this system boots OS 9. Although I wouldn't put it past them, I don't think Apple would have knowingly shipped a keyboard (the A1048) with a Mac that could boot OS 9 when they know that keyboard has a system requirement of Mac OS X (10.2 or later I believe). It does work in OS 9 as I have one and have used it with an OS 9 system, but as far as I can tell the volume and eject button keys do not work. Considering on the MDD the optical drive can only be opened or closed using the keyboard eject button, it means for OS 9 at least you have to use that menu option shortcut (I forget how you do it but it's something like an Applescript that you can have as a menu item), and for volume you'd always have to go into the Sound Manager. Considering this Mac was, pretty much marketed as a system that boots OS 9, if you really need a new Mac that can do that... then that seems to me to be a big pointer that they wouldn't deliberately cause problems out of the box by including a slightly incompatible keyboard. Again though I wouldn't put it past them. Anyway I continue to be open to suggestions here just in case! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to check WIFI users
On 26 Mar 2012, at 10:28:44 PDT, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have a G5 10.5.8 with ATT DSL wireless modem/router and I want to find a simple to use application that will tell me when others are on my connection. All the stuff I've read is way too complicated for me. I know how to lock it out with passwords but that's not an option at my office. -- Don't know anything about your particular router, but all the ones I have used have a simple log in page, generally accessed at http:// 192.168.1.1/ or something close to that. After logging in, there will be a number of administrative pages, one of which will show users. You will need to know the IP addresses of the users or their MAC addresses to monitor authorized users. Ken -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to check WIFI users
Don't know anything about your particular router, but all the ones I have used have a simple log in page, generally accessed at http:// 192.168.1.1/ or something close to that. After logging in, there will be a number of administrative pages, one of which will show users. You will need to know the IP addresses of the users or their MAC addresses to monitor authorized users. It's your wireless access point (WAP) or your router with its built-in WAP which MAY be compromised by external users' WiFi cards. Almost all routers use 192.168.1.1 on your INTRAnet (not on the INTERnet) with which a GUI is used to access. To identify and isolate suspicious activity, you would use the menu which gives the client list. You will most likely find MANY so-called clients, some of which are your own devices, but others which may be the result of external users trying and possibly succeeding in using your router as a path into the INTERnet (and, thereby, consuming YOUR bandwidth). MAC address control is certainly one way of restricting outside users, but MAC address cloning has been a part of the hacker's tool kit for years and years, and was actually used legitimately in the early days of the INTERnet when ISPs REQUIRED that you use THEIR E-net card (and ONLY their card). As most PCs required an ISA or PCI card, whereas most Macs had an on-mobo E-net chip, this requirement basically excluded most Macs from accessing the ISP, UNLESS MAC address cloning was used. But, that was THEN and this is NOW, and almost all PCs have RJ-45 connectors and on-mobo E-net chips, with the actual MAC addresses going all over the place. Heck, I have purchased numerous seemingly identical WiFi cards, all with the Dell DW 1390 logo and label, and all have been manufactured by different Chinese companies, and each such company is required to use its own MAC address (well, at least the first several hex digits HAVE to be unique). So, given a specific MAC address, as extracted from your router's client list, you may use a number of web-based tools to translate a MAC address into a manufacturer's name and product model number (or name), and from that you may begin to determine how compromised your system has become. Likely, you will find tens or even hundreds of suspicious MAC addresses, and you are certainly free to block them. Your own personal devices will be temporarily blocked, but, as with external devices, the DHCP server within your WAP or WAP-equipped router can and will simply give that user, or your device, a new lease. One sure way of eliminating these piggy-back users is to turn off WiFi access and to use wired E-net exclusively. In my own case, my INTERnet is 10/100/1000, and I am depending on the gigabit capability for some services internal to my premises. Alas, I have long ago run out of wired 1000 ports on my switches, so new devices have been added using 802.11a/b/g/n cards, with /g and /n being preferred. WiFi ... always a moving target. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
