how to make a wifi network?

[cyberknight]

I have a new smartphone that can access wifi netwrosk but my pc has a wired router.

Can i get a plug in usb/card to make a network?

 

[Red Light]

Just set up an ad hoc computer to computer wireless network on your pc, assuming it has Wifi on it. You can find details of how to do it with an iPhone here but other smartphones are similar setups.

 

[cyberknight]

Doh !

It never occurred to me as i have my pc connected to the router that it is a wireless one, a quick call to the provider and i am up and running

Thanks all

 

[Red Light]

Doh !

It never occurred to me as i have my pc connected to the router that it is a wireless one, a quick call to the provider and i am up and running

Thanks all

In that case don't forget to set up wireless security and if you can restrict access to registered MAC addresses or the whol street will be camping on your connection

 

[cyberknight]

In that case don't forget to set up wireless security and if you can restrict access to registered MAC addresses or the whol street will be camping on your connection

Cheers ,it has a password factory set by default which is random, i only knew what it was because the help desk told me .

 

[machew]

Fun thing you can do with unsecured wifi.
1). Connect to a shared printer on the network and print "I must secure this network" a few times on the printer
2). Connect to the router and if the default password has not been changed. Change the SSID, set a WPA key and change the login password.

 

[Andy_R]

Illegal things you can do with unsecured wifi.
1). Connect to a shared printer on the network and print "I must secure this network" a few times on the printer
2). Connect to the router and if the default password has not been changed. Change the SSID, set a WPA key and change the login password.

The Communications Act 2003 says a "person who (a) dishonestly obtains an electronic communications service, and (b) does so with intent to avoid payment of a charge applicable to the provision of that service, is guilty of an offence".

 

[Red Light]

Fun thing you can do with unsecured wifi.
1). Connect to a shared printer on the network and print "I must secure this network" a few times on the printer
2). Connect to the router and if the default password has not been changed. Change the SSID, set a WPA key and change the login password.

The trouble with 2) is that if they are that much of a numpty that they have their wifi unsecured, they will probably just think their router has broken, throw it out and buy a new one if you do that.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

The trouble with 2) is that if they are that much of a numpty that they have their wifi unsecured, they will probably just think their router has broken, throw it out and buy a new one if you do that.

Or call the ISPs tech support and be told how to press the factory reset button!

 

[2Loose]

The Communications Act 2003 says a "person who (a) dishonestly obtains an electronic communications service, and (b) does so with intent to avoid payment of a charge applicable to the provision of that service, is guilty of an offence".

You have no sense of fun
The intent would be to educate someone in a firm way. If someone were to dishonestly connect and use that network to download very naughty stuff, then it could get the owner in trouble.

 

[ian turner]

Odds that someone who knows how to share a printer doesn't know about router security ?

 

[machew]

Very High, if the have a network printer, and most hp ink jets have wifi networking and they just use the wizard for setting it up, it's shared. And if they have plugged a printer into the pc that's running xp, you can make it shared by remotely editing the registry. If the pc is in a workgroup and is sharing the printer, the whole of the c drive is shared using the hidden share of c$. Hours of fun changing the hosts file to redirect google to the BBC news page or any other site you like.

If you have a wireless router please use WPA not WEP. As WEP can be broken in a few hours