[asterisk-users] OT: Question about Wifi sniffing on network

[Jim Dickenson]

You have your wireless access point password protected I am hoping.
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Jim Dickenson
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On Sep 12, 2009, at 4:04 PM, randulo wrote:

> François,
>
> Just to be clear, I am not on Free at all but with our mutual friends
> at Acropolis Télécom. I see this Freebox  traffic come out of nowhere
> and it looks like someone trying to sniff my computer's wifi. A lot of
> traffic is seen and I can't help thinking it isn't a good thing. I
> should go see if the neighbor's MAC is the one I am seeing or if it is
> someone else's.
>
> randy
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 7:58 PM, F6HQZ <f6hqz-m at hamwlan.net> wrote:
>> Hi my friend,
>>
>> Free and other WiFi ISP have open their boxes to public Hot  
>> Spotting and WiFi phones.
>> So each box offer more than one SSID to public (often 3 in fact :  
>> first for your own use, a second for Public Hot Spot, a third for
>> WiFi Phones), and you will see traffic for public, payed to the Hot  
>> Spot owner - the ISP - by the mobile subcribers, founding very
>> practical to have access everywhere.
>>
>> But, it's your bandwidth which is used, and you will have more  
>> traffic that your own like this.
>>
>> Take a look into the admin web pages of your box, and check if you  
>> can cancel this "public" feature.
>> Mine is closed...
>>
>> Friendly yours,
>> Francois
>> F6HQZ
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