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 Posted: Fri, 18th Apr 2008 22:06 Post subject: Wireless Signal Boost for War Driving ETC.... |
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do you guys know of any way to boost a wireless signal (on the recieveing side) i am pirating internet from a neighbor....please LMK.
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| Posted: Fri, 18th Apr 2008 22:17 Post subject: |
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Buy a special directionl antenna (like that spy mic from Splinter Cell or movies). It can pick up Wi-Fi from hundreds of meters.
"Only one country can destroy NATO in 40 minutes - it's Russia"
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| Posted: Fri, 18th Apr 2008 22:31 Post subject: |
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| Vodka-Redbull wrote: | | Buy a special directionl antenna (like that spy mic from Splinter Cell or movies). It can pick up Wi-Fi from hundreds of meters. |
Up to a mile I believe. They can also be homemade, I think.
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| Posted: Fri, 18th Apr 2008 23:50 Post subject: |
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pirating the internet....
its illegal in the UK i belive, im sure i saw something about one guy beeing taken to court with the victim claiming it was as serious as someone stealing electricity from your house
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 15:04 Post subject: |
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pffft internet here is abot $60 US dollars a month for 8meg. its crap, in japan you can pay the same price for 100MEG FTTP lines. gotta remember we are in a resession here .... our govt fu**ing suxorz.....bush is a n00b
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 15:10 Post subject: |
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I'd recommend you get a router which can be flashed with dd-wrt or another open-source firmware then setup the router in repeater mode following the tutorials. Also increasing the tx output level to about 80 or above. Can buy a directional antenna which can help to a degree but you really want to increase the power along with it.
but stealing net is bad mmkay
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chiv
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 15:30 Post subject: |
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well i think perhaps his neighbour is FINE with it... i mean if he DIDNT want someone stealing his net, hed protect it, no?
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 15:59 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | well i think perhaps his neighbour is FINE with it... i mean if he DIDNT want someone stealing his net, hed protect it, no? |
http://itn.co.uk/news/1112943368020a45ac5052f568ddbde1.html
| Quote: | | In 2005, a man was fined £500 for piggybacking on someone else's wireless broadband connection in London. |
| Quote: | | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6565079.stm |
| Quote: | | Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act. |
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chiv
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 16:01 Post subject: |
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well i think its a rediculous law... one person is beaming a connection into another persons property, so it should be their right to use it if it hasnt been protected... just another example of a stupid law that hasnt been thought through properly.
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 16:33 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | well i think its a rediculous law... one person is beaming a connection into another persons property, so it should be their right to use it if it hasnt been protected... just another example of a stupid law that hasnt been thought through properly. |
keep that in mind when you leave the keys in your car and unlocked.
Just another stupid post that hasn't been thought through properly |
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chiv
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 16:57 Post subject: |
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not the same thing and you know it.
now if i parked my car in someone elses garage with the keys inside and the doors unlocked, then youd be in the same ballpark.
if the topic was about driving around and looking for wireless connections and sitting outside someones house leeching their connection, then yeah your example is correct, and in that case i agree that this sorta stuff should be protected against...
but if an unprotected wireless connection is being sent into your home, why should you not be able to use it? no hacking is involved, no secure information is being accessed, your simply using their connection to get online and theres no harm in it and your not blocking or denying THEM access from connecting either.
given that your example was way off the mark, i dont see how insulting me is really called for.
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 17:44 Post subject: |
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theres no harm in it? would you say the same thing if you had BT ADSL with the dodgy router thing they provide, it wasnt secured and one of your neighbours ran a child porn ring online using your internet? then you get classed as a pedo
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| Posted: Mon, 21st Apr 2008 19:34 Post subject: |
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| snop1050 wrote: | | theres no harm in it? would you say the same thing if you had BT ADSL with the dodgy router thing they provide, it wasnt secured and one of your neighbours ran a child porn ring online using your internet? then you get classed as a pedo |
now your talking about criminal usage... what if someone got hold of your personal details and misused those? what if someone tried to set you up by sending a criminal letter with your return address? what if someone hacked your pc? while the point you bring up is a serious one and yeah ill admit it is a BIT different than what i listed above, alll im trying to say is that if a wireless unprotected connection is being beamed into your house - YOUR HOUSE - why should you not be allowed to connect too it? |
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if you wanted them you would make sure they didnt wander onto private property
