Wireless Routers: Hacking Tips?

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:39 pm

Anyone know how to get by the SSID key? I am sure there is some sort of way.

In apartment buildings and in some neighboorhoods people that have them leave them open and you can just get free high speed internet. In my case the location I was trying to get internet at (girlfriends house) they require the SSID key. I tried a couple things, but I can't get around it. My PDA will usually connect to anything, but its to small and only picks up signals within 50 ft or so from the router. Obviously I am to far away to connect, though I can see it in the available networks, just with a really week signal.

I know that some of the routers generate passwords depending on what you name the router....not sure if it is completely random though. Any help is appreciated!

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:58 pm

You need two computers with wireless. There is a program or two out there that will send or receive signals between the router and your computer. One computer will send signals and the other will intercept getting pieces of the key. Depending on the encryption, it will take a minimum of 2 weeks to break it. That is for a small encryption. Both computers must be on and dedicated to it.

It's much easier to just buy all the stuff. It would suck if they changed their wep encryptions after you got it. This is only for wep encryptions on wireless networks. Mine is more secure; I use different filterings (IP, Mac addresses, etc)

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:59 pm

Thanks. I have a wireless router for my lappy. The point of this excercise for me was so that I could buy a wireless PCI card for a desktop, and get her wirelss internet for free basically. I know a few people at apartments that leave their routers open, simply because they are nice people and trust that people will appreciate the free internet access by not screwing with other peoples computers on the network.

I was just wondering if there was a modestly easy way to hack into a wireless network using WEP. That's all I have on mine....I hate networking. I refuse to even mess with the settings on my router. It took me a few days with a lot of pone calls to Belkin tech support to originally set it up.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:00 pm

My friend down the street is scamming his internet.

He live right across the alley from a church he frequents.

he somehow found out they have a cable connection and wireless. So he went out and bought the needed stuff. Now bam, he has free wireless internet...

NorthQuad · Post by **NorthQuad** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:27 pm

Why does your friend go to church? Is it to ask forgiveness for stealing internet?

NorthQuad · Post by **NorthQuad** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:34 pm

I buggered the last reply. I was laughing at the fact that your friend goes to church and I was wondering if it was to ask forgiveness for stealing internet.

Either way he's got some balls for hooking up to a churches internet service.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:56 pm

They dont mind him using the connection. The church only has about 40 members or so.

He goes to ask for forgiveness for all the PORN he downloads via the churchs wireless internet... lol