Monitoring Wireless

[jameshteaardvark]

I want to monitor what is coming in and going out of my computer and also what my wireless connection is doing (monitoring users)

any suggestions?

cheers

aadvark

[Refalm]

Welcome to our wonderful forum  

Could you give us more information?
For example, what operating system are you running?

[WMD]

Perhaps Ethereal, the packet sniffing program.

[KernelPanic]

You would go about doing this in the same way you would with a wired ethernet.

Is this not just a veiled request for a wardriving HOW-TO?

[Orethrius]

You don't need to pay the requisite fee for Ethereal, I could come up with a few (FREE!) alternatives if somebody were to ask me.  

Tux, wardriving is NOT a crime.  It's those numbnuts that do anything with the SSIDs *after* culling them that give the rest of the NetSec professionals a bad name.  Stick to collecting SSID / open/closed states and you're not going to get nailed for something you shouldn't be doing on a private network.   :cool:

[Refalm]

quote:Midnight Candidate/BOB: It's those numbnuts that do anything with the SSIDs *after* culling them that give the rest of the NetSec professionals a bad name.  Stick to collecting SSID / open/closed states and you're not going to get nailed for something you shouldn't be doing on a private network.  :cool:

You know, sometimes you can't help making your access point open to anyone. There's always some whiny bastard that wants to connect his (believe me, women never whine about those things) laptop to the WiFi network, but hasn't got his MAC address registered on it yet.
Then, more of those whiners come in, and there really is no other option than making it open.

[KernelPanic]

quote:Originally posted by Midnight Candidate/BOB:

Tux, wardriving is NOT a crime.

Thanks for the heads up, Einstein.

[Refalm]

quote:Midnight Candidate/BOB: wardriving is NOT a crime.

Actually, it is!

/. | Wardriving Worries Residents

[M51DPS]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm / BOB:


Actually, it is!

/. | Wardriving Worries Residents

If the residents took a moment to discover the wonder of SSL and WPA, maybe they wouldn't have to be so paranoid. There is nothing wrong with connecting to unprotected networks.

[jameshteaardvark]

most people on the network are using XP im afraid to say and 2 Ibooks and a linux machine... our set up is very basic no security whats so ever!!! plug router in and start wireless from other nodes.... not using wep's and also have not set up a Password for the router!!
(sitting duck in a nutshell)

id like a program to monitor Wireless strength throughout the house during the day and which computers are taking up all the bandwidth so i can either block them or limit them!!!

aardvark

[Refalm]

I don't think that's possible for *all* computers... and it's very unlikely that such a program exists.

And, it's not a good idea to have an unsecured accesspoint in England which is connected to either a dial-up connection or an overpriced cable connection with a datalimit of 500 MB.

Unless you want this on your wall:


I suggest to fill in some MAC addresses and a 64-bit encryption at minimum  

[Orethrius]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm / BOB:


Actually, it is!

/. | Wardriving Worries Residents

...and my point still stands: a bunch of worried residents that don't take the requisite TWO SECONDS to secure their WAPs is not the same as legislation barring the process of scanning networks.