Wireless Neighbor

[brettums]

This just started happening .....

Fay School (my work)has been wireless for over 3 yrs... and just the other day a neighbor home installed a Linksys router (no encryption nada) It's interferring w/ our wireless network. Ex. Kids are picking up the SSID (default: Linksys) and not Fay's SSID (on one portion of campus.....)

How the heck do you filter something like this, which is practically out of your own hands? Has anyone else encountered something like this, and what did you do to prevent it???


I was litterally thinking of asking that neighbor to turn on their MAC adddress filter to DENY all but their wireless card in the home.... I know that is a solution but wouldn't you think it's kinda rude to knock on someone's door to ask for that?


Please respond....

 

[etom]

I have the same issue. I have two neighbors with wireless networks. My son's PC can see both of theirs and mine. His PC kept trying to connect to the wrong network. The wireless adapter on my Son's PC has the ability to build a connection profile. I simply set up the proper profile to the proper network. Each time he turns on his PC, he has to load the profile and re-connect to the network. That seams to work in my case. I am using an AirLink adapter.

etom.

 

[MTandSAV]

i don't think its rude to tell your neighbor that he needs to secure his wireless network. He probably doesn't know anything about it. If you hardcode the SSID in your pc, does it still try to connect to his wireless?? he should also turn of his SSID broadcast.

CCNA, CCNP..partly

 

[bcastner]

I am not certain what client software you are using, but under Windows XP you most certainly can specify that you will only connect to certain clients.

Consider for non-XP workstations the use of a third-party client. Odyssey, for example, from Funk:

http://www.funk.com/odyssey/user/odyssey/client/

While you might get a warm reception from this neighbor, it is only a matter of time before other APs appear within your range.