SETTING UP A WIRELESS NETWORK?

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do you know have a config page where is shows your up and downstream in the router/modem?

 

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This router does. According to the docs I've downloaded it is on the first page you connect to.

Harry.

 

Yep Just found it!

Cheeks did you take your N+ ?

Downstream
Data Rate(Kbps) 2432
Noise Margin (db) 12.8
Output power (dbm) 19.1
Attenuation (db) 47.0

Upstream

Data Rate(Kbps) 640
Noise Margin (db) 17.0
Output power (dbm) 12.5
Attenuation (db) 26.5

 

try http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html

just remember results will vary depending on traffic

 

Wow That's an excellent link mate!! Cheers!rocks

here's the result and the URL to the results:-
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/119127442172154011549.html

Speed Test Results
Date 01/10/07 22:34:22
Speed Down 2042.82 Kbps ( 2 Mbps )
Speed Up 529.64 Kbps ( 0.5 Mbps )
Port 8095
Server speedtest1.adslguide.org.uk

 

no probs - oh im not studying for N+, never had done... you have good upload speed, afaik upload on 2mb downstream is 256k normally...

 

Sorry I didnt answer last night UCM but my back went into spasm so I had to be connected to my little "TENS" machine.

Glad to hear you got it sorted and hopefully you now have some idea of what to do if something goes wrong (try turning it off and on again).

 

Thanks Stu!

Hope you get well soon!

 

Q) Is it possible to disguise or turn off the ssid on a wirless network??

When I use my laptop I can see my mates wireless router and others around the neighbourhood.

Now if people can see them what's to stop them trying to hack the network? There must be away of switching it off. Not sure if I am explaining myself but away to stop the broadcast signal??

 

UCM,

Yes, most units allow you to broadcast/hide the SSID.
I have found wireless connections to be more stable with it broadcasting.

Simon

 

Yes - it is possible to stop the SSID appearing. However it is trivial for a hacker to discover it, so, IMHO, it is a waste of time doing this.

In addition, some versions of Windows have a problem re-aquiring such a connection.

Harry.

 

If someone wants to hack you, then the ssid is the least of their problems. WPA will provide good protection but will NEVER stop a determined hacker/cracker. The thing is, cracking the WPA will present them with a lot of work and there must be something REALLY special on your network for them to bother. So you will more than likely be pretty safe mate.

 

Thanks Boyce, Harry and Stu

The guy at work said if i really wanted a secure network I could use something called MAC filtering?

Q) Has anyone heard of this or had experience in it??

Q) on a wirless modem Router, do you have to keep the device on all the time even when your not using the net?
I tried to connect to the net earlier and found I could not connect through the PC and Laptop wireless. However I could connect to the web interface on the modem-router and notice it stated it was connected. But couldn't load a page from the internet??

The only way around this was to switch off and on the router!??

Q) should switch on the PC's on the network first before switching on the router modem or should it not matter?

 

This is another 'security' enhancement that doesn't quite deliver.
Most APs have such a feature, but it is fairly easy to listen to the network and spoof the MAC. So don't rely on it.

This shouldn't happen. You'll need to investigate why. Best to look in the router logs (if it has any) to see what happened.
How long did you wait for the page to load? If the session had dropped then it needs to go through the motions of getting it back up again, which can take a little time if your ISP has an overloaded RADIUS server.

I'd always switch the router on first. But normaly I leave it on permanently.


Harry.

 

Thanks sparky

 

Here's the security Log there seems to be a lot of attempts toeither ping the router or attack it. I don't reconize those IP address?

System log:
Jan 1 00:00:36 (none) daemon.crit pppd[470]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP. 107
Oct 2 08:50:02 (none) daemon.crit pppd[1721]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP. 108
Oct 2 18:12:25 (none) daemon.crit pppd[6428]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP. 108
Firewall log:
Oct 2 08:50:38 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.142.237 117

Oct 2 08:50:38 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.142.237 115

Oct 2 08:52:04 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.12.189 116

Oct 2 08:52:04 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.12.189 114

Oct 2 08:52:07 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.12.189 116

Oct 2 08:52:07 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.12.189 114

Oct 2 18:16:08 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 116

Oct 2 18:16:08 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 114

Oct 2 18:16:11 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 116

Oct 2 18:16:11 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 114

Oct 2 18:16:41 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 221.126.249.71 117

Oct 2 18:16:41 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 221.126.249.71 115

Oct 2 18:17:09 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 193.138.206.46 117

Oct 2 18:17:09 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 193.138.206.46 115

Oct 2 18:21:07 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 114

Oct 2 18:21:07 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 112

Oct 2 18:21:10 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 114

Oct 2 18:21:10 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 112

Oct 2 18:24:16 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 62.147.7.237 115

Oct 2 18:24:16 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 62.147.7.237 113

Oct 2 18:24:20 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 62.147.7.237 115

Oct 2 18:24:20 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 62.147.7.237 113

Oct 2 18:25:04 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 114

Oct 2 18:25:04 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.5.83 112

Oct 2 18:33:54 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 116

Oct 2 18:33:54 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 114

Oct 2 18:33:57 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 116

Oct 2 18:33:57 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.122.43 114

Oct 2 18:43:47 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 61.145.228.91 116

Oct 2 18:43:47 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 61.145.228.91 114

Oct 2 18:46:17 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.149.174.163 117

Oct 2 18:46:17 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.149.174.163 115

Oct 2 18:46:41 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 78.107.27.243 116

Oct 2 18:46:41 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 78.107.27.243 114

Oct 2 18:51:22 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.9.174 115

Oct 2 18:51:22 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.9.174 113

Oct 2 18:58:00 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 116

Oct 2 18:58:00 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 114

Oct 2 18:58:03 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 116

Oct 2 18:58:03 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 114

Oct 2 18:58:09 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 116

Oct 2 18:58:09 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.157.220.56 114

Oct 2 19:02:27 (none) user.alert kernel: ICMPFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 77.64.132.170 115

Oct 2 19:02:27 (none) user.alert kernel: PINGIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 77.64.132.170 110

Oct 2 19:02:29 (none) user.alert kernel: ICMPFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 77.64.132.170 115

Oct 2 19:02:29 (none) user.alert kernel: PINGIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 77.64.132.170 110

Oct 2 19:10:50 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.38.32 115

Oct 2 19:10:50 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.38.32 113

Oct 2 19:10:53 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.38.32 115

Oct 2 19:10:53 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.38.32 113

Oct 2 19:19:30 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 200.170.227.101 118

Oct 2 19:19:30 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 200.170.227.101 116

Oct 2 19:19:33 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 200.170.227.101 118

Oct 2 19:19:33 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 200.170.227.101 116

Oct 2 19:23:21 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.14.188 116

Oct 2 19:23:21 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.14.188 114

Oct 2 19:23:23 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.14.188 116

Oct 2 19:23:23 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 82.153.14.188 114

Oct 2 19:25:09 (none) user.alert kernel: LANDATTACKIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 68.151.196.203 117

Oct 2 19:25:09 (none) user.alert kernel: SYNFLOODIN=ppp_0_38_1 OUT= MAC= attack detected from 68.151.196.203 115

 

Welcome to the Internet!

Do you want the many MB of logs of automated attempts to break into my LAN?

This is why firewalls and similar items exist.

Harry.

 

Don't worry to much about this UCM. Just imagine all the attacks a PC is subjected to WITHOUT a firewall. I saw an experiment on TV once where an unprotected windows machine was placed on the net without protection. In under a minute it was bombarded with attacks and within 30 minutes the machine was TOTALLY unusable.

 

Stu,

Was this the honeypot the BBC setup?

Simon