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Post by lx Spooner xl on Nov 14, 2005 14:44:39 GMT -8
i was finally able to log into my router and try to fix my connection BS...and i was looking at the log.....
no computer in my house used the wireless BUT!!!!
Traffic Statistics
Traffic Statistics display Receive and Transmit packets passing through the DI-614+.
Receive
Transmit
WAN
3988088 Packets
4117376 Packets
LAN
4134248 Packets
4070640 Packets
WIRELESS
53 Packets
107267 Packets
i have no idea what wan is ....but all i nkow is that my wireless has numbers there!!
in the activity log ther are a few things also
Nov/13/2005 10:41:20
Wireless PC connected
NOTE: 00-01-24-B4-01-99
there are a few more things like that but its a jibberish to me
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Post by Zangief on Nov 14, 2005 14:57:44 GMT -8
First off, if you don't know what you are doing, don't change any settings.
Now I have a few questions:
Do you know what you are doing? If so, procede. If not, never mess with your router settings again.
Do you have encryption enabled? If you do not, anyone with a wireless card in range can bum off of your connection.
It shows a very small number of packets recieved, only 50 and a large number transmitted. This would mean that the your wireless access point is transmitting, but no one is using it. But it looks as though someone connected to it for a very brief moment, at 10:41 on Nov. 13. It could have been a neighbor who booted up their computer and your connection was the first on their list and it connected them automatically. Then they switched to their own, something like that.
So my recommendation is that if you are not using wireless at your house, disable it completely. There is no need for it and you are inviting people to use up your bandwith or even hack your computers to get sexy pics of your lesbo sister. If you are going to use it, set up at least a small level of encryption to get rid of the free loaders.
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Post by FrkUout on Nov 14, 2005 15:56:45 GMT -8
Jeremy is right..if your not using it disable it. If you don't there's always the possibility that someone will use it or like he said hack your computers. There's an option in the wireless section of the router to turn off the antenna.
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Post by Chief (n7x Dominance) on Nov 14, 2005 16:17:31 GMT -8
lol jeremy that was a great explination mostly the last part lol
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Post by lx Spooner xl on Nov 14, 2005 20:25:26 GMT -8
i changed some crap around....and i couldn't use the internet for a few hours...i had to get my dad to phone telus (our isp) to fix our internet because i fucked it up really bad......its all good now though
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Post by Zangief on Nov 15, 2005 7:03:25 GMT -8
LOL, I knew that something like that would happen Rory. Remember what I said, you shouldn't be messing with that sort of stuff unless you know what you are doing.
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Post by lx Spooner xl on Nov 15, 2005 9:15:56 GMT -8
LOL, I knew that something like that would happen Rory. Remember what I said, you shouldn't be messing with that sort of stuff unless you know what you are doing. well then its a good thing that u told me that AFTER I MESSED IT UP.... my dad was mad..he had to wait on the phone for like 2 hours and he finally gave up and made me wait |
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