Open Wireless AP...find the owner?

[Matt Graham]

I'm thinking this is some guys in my neighborhood.  I can tell it's a
linksys router, and it's using a Roadrunner connection.  I get a
192.168.1.* IP.  I get full strength connection, so I'm thinking he's
got to be close.    I found this AP with netstumbler in the first place.

I'm not looking to say "Ha!  Your network sucks" and I doubt he is
trying to call the police or anything.  I just want to help him get this
network secured.  Maybe share a connection with him or something....play
some games?  Get him on my WASTE network?  You know...just to fool
around.  

Hmmm....There IS a little strip center near here...about 1000 yards
away.  There used to be an internet café there...and there are a few
small businesses.  Seems a bit far to get such a good connection,
especially on a linksys / roadrunner setup.

Hmm..

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hutchins
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 4:31 AM
To: Matt G; kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: Open Wireless AP...find the owner?

On Saturday 12 July 2003 04:48 am, Matt G wrote:

> installed netstumbler just to make sure I couldn't find my ap like
that.  
> Mine didn't show up, which is good, but I found 2 others.  One seems
to be
> protected, but one of them is totally open.  I can get an ip and get
online
> etc.

What part of town are you in?  What IP did you get?  There's some kind
of AP 
near me that kept puting out an address for eth1.9 for some reason -
appeared 
to be blocking my own AP.

Then again it could be me - I saw some shady indications that my DLink
WAP was 
willing to run open even after I had locked it down.