My Neighbor's Wireless Network

I'm able to get a wireless signal from my neighbor. However, I'm not able to send/receive mail or publish iWeb updates. Is this is a firewall issue? Is so, is there a workaround?
Thanks.

hi maydayphoto - Welcome to Apple Discussions!
um, does your neighbor agree to this? is he sure his ISP is o.k. w/ this?
if yes and yes, i assume you get a valid IP and can surf the web etc as expected...
if you cannot send/receive email, are you using a web-based service like gmail or yahoo or s'th else? or apple mail? what is your email service when you're not going through your neighbors pipe?
re: publishing iWeb updates: i don't use iWeb, but can you connect to the destination machine in some other way (command-K, or ssh, or (s)ftp, or...)?
overall, you need to provide more details. your neighbor can probably help too (again assuming (s)he agrees to your piggybacking on their connection)....
cheers

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I'm using road runner and have parental control so that I can monitor my kids using the internet. The problem I have is that one of my neighbor's Linksys wireless network is not secured and my kids are using it to play on line games, you tube, etc. and stay up late at night and not doing home work. Anyway that I can block his signal? Like to have your opinion about this situation. Thank you and any help will be greatly appreciated.
Message Edited by ono8ono on 10-21-2008 01:32 AM

Well, then either lock down the computers of your children, take them away during night. Even if you convinced the last person to secure his wireless network you would still have to tell everyone to use WPA2 or WPA with a strong passphrase. WEP is easily cracked within a few minutes with tools readily available. Plus, if you see eight wireless networks broadcasting their SSID you probably have a few more not broadcasting the SSID, a couple of them will probably be open or WEP secured, too.
And then, once you have them all convinced to use WPA you must constantly monitor the environment for new wireless routers.
So basically, for most people trying to block their children through the router or even through the computer is futile. Children have far better resources at hand to tackle any problem you may cause them limiting internet. The only really reliable way to do this is the good old way of limiting access to the computer/device. Just like TV. Far more reliable, far more secure, far easier to implement, far easier to understand.
If you thought so far that a high tech computer and a high tech router should be able to do high tech things to keep your children out: computers are still dumb devices and no match to a teenager desperate enough.

IMac suddenly can't see any wireless networks!

I have a recurring problem with my iMac 20" Intel Core Duo.
For some reason, it suddenly loses the ability to see wireless networks. The problem is resolved if I restart. I go through this several times each day, and the frequency of the problem is increasing.
Strangely, there is nothing wrong with my Airport Extreme wireless network. My other computers see it just fine.
And when I check the Airport indicator at the upper right-hand side of my iMac's desktop during this problem, it shows NO wireless networks at all! And I have 7 neighbors with wireless networks on 24/7!
As I said above, the solution has been to restart my computer, at which point all the networks appear again.
Can anyone offer a solution/explanation? I have tinkered with my network settings to no avail.
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It has to be unrelated because I too have been having the same issue for the past 2 weeks. Actually it seems that ever since I reloaded the last iMac intel update (which I had to do to get my iSight to work again)
I've been having this issue multiple times a day. I even moved my iMac thinking I had too much distance and walls between the router and the iMac.
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Welcome to the forums ehudson
I saw your post about your Officejet 8500 not showing your wireless network when you run the Wireless Setup Wizard.
My suggestion would be to first power recycle the network:
Power down the printer and computer and unplug the router for 1 minute (not touching any buttons on the router)
Plug the router back in and wait another minute and then restarting the printer and PC.
Run the Wireless Setup Wizard again
If the network is still not detected, check your router settings:
Network name and password need to have no spaces or punctuations
If using WPA2 security, switch to WPA personal
Dual broadcast Wireless b/g/n (printer will only connect to g)
Mac filter needs to be turned off
Firewall settings need to be at there default settings, or set to a lower security
Multicasting "on"
Following ports need to be un-blocked:
Incoming (UDP) ports : 137, 138, 161, 427
Outgoing (TCP) ports : 137, 139, 427, 9100, 9220, 9500
I hope that helps, let me know the results!
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Try each of the following, in order, until resolved:
1. Run the Disk Utility to repair Disk Permissions.
2a. Delete Preferred Network(s)
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2b. Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
- Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
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- Restart, or log out then back in.
2c. Add Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
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- Restart or log out then back in.
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-- System Preferences > Accounts
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I have a WVC210 camera that works fine wired.
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So.. how do I specify the wireless network that I want my camera to connect to?
I have tried various experiments, such as disabling all security on my wirless networks, but the WVC210 camera still selects the wrong wireless network.
I can tell that it is going to the wrong network, because after DHCP completes on my camera, the resolved IP is not from the subnet of the wireless network in my house.
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For reference search for "select wireless" in the following PDF to see how this is acomplished with the Linksys Wireless G camera:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername...
What is the equivalent technique for the WVC210?

Hi,
I bought linksys wireless ip camera wvc210 four years back. I lost camera installation CD. I tried to search it on internet but failed. Can you send me the link from where I can download or email me at [email protected]
regards
Hassan

Legality of using an unsecured wireless network

If you pop open your laptop and see it has found a wireless connection and you know it isn't a public access point, is there anything wrong with using it?

j.v. wrote:
I pay for my own DSL service, and I lock down my wireless access, so I really don't have a dog in this fight, but if it's not considered to be theft of services at Starbucks, then it would seem to me (granted, I'm no lawyer) that it would be incumbent upon the owner of the service to inform the freeloader that it was NOT an open public access point, if the owner doesn't want the freeloader to use it.
No, as Starbucks is explicitly providing wireless Internet for customer use (and it's not free, either.)
After such notification is given in writing, then I could see continued use being considered theft of service. I've read the analogies here of "if the front door of the neighbor's house is unlocked, is it okay to take his TV?" But how about this analogy? "If the neighbor sits his 60" HDTV inside the unlocked front door of your house, is it okay to keep/use the TV?"
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Though signal providers then scrambled, the "it's being broadcast, I can receive it" paradigm has been shot down in court again and again. Look at analog cell phones in the U.S. - it was illegal to listen to the unencrypted phone calls, and the U.S. Government enforced this by making sale of receivers that could receive the band in question unavailable to the general public.
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Many states have criminal laws that prohibit accessing any computer or network without the owner’s permission. For example, in Texas, the statute is Penal Code section 33.02, Breach of Computer Security. It says, “A person commits an offense if the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer network or computer system without the effective consent of the owner.” The penalty grade ranges from misdemeanor to first degree felony (which is the same grade as murder), depending on whether the person obtains benefit, harms or defrauds someone, or alters, damages, or deletes files.
The wording of most such laws encompasses connecting to a wireless network without explicit permission, even if the wi-fi network is unsecured. The inclusion of the culpable mental state of “knowing” as an element of the offense means that if your computer automatically connects to your neighbor’s wireless network instead of your own and you aren’t aware of it, you haven’t committed a crime — but if you decide to hop onto the nearest unencrypted wi-fi network to surf the Internet, knowing full well that it doesn’t belong to you and no one has given you permission, you could be prosecuted under these laws.
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Bottom line - pay for your own Internet and encrypt your network if you have a wireless access point or router to stay legal.

Wireless Network Sharing with Neighbor

If I'm sharing a wireless network with my neighbor, will AirPort Express Base Station work to enhance the wireless signal?

Just to clarify here.....
The Check "allow this network to be extended" in AirPort Utility > AirPort pane > Wireless tab that John Galt mentions is an adjustment that must be made to your neighbor's Apple AirPort router.
Then you would configure the AirPort Express to "extend a wireless network".
If the neighbor does not have an Apple router......then the Express will not help you. It's not compatible with products from other manufacturers for the purpose that you ask about.

Free connection to neighbors wireless network

So I set up my 20" imac w/ built-in airport figuring I had to wait the 2 weeks for my cable modem to be installed before getting to the internet when, like magic, It connects to some neighbors Linksys network with a broadband connection.
Ethics aside, what is my downside to piggybacking over their network until my cable modem comes? All my services are OFF in the sharing panel however, the firewall is not yet turned on (I'm not sure which services to allow).
Is there any way I can find out more information (besides the name, linksys) so that I can perhaps thank them and advise them to secure their network?

Yeap, I think there is a term for this, like in Bluetooth they call it "Blue-jacking"... you are definitely "hi-jacking" his signal.
Unless you know your neighbour very well and it is probably the very best out of courtesy and other things of that sort to let him know and ask for his permission to let you "borrow" his wireless network for a while.
But I am also quite surprise that your neighbour didn't "protect" his network and encrypt it, that is why your iMac detected the "public" wireless signal right away...
Cheers

Wireless Network for Home use.

Hey,
I am new to Mac and have a question about the frequency of the Wireless Network.
I have heard that there will be a new Ghz rate in the near future, 5.0 GHz (n) in stead of the existing standard of 2.4 GHz (g).
Has anyone heard of the new Ghz standard ?
My existing phone system is running at 2.4 GHz and the exiting wireless networks run at 2.4 GHz.
Will there be interference if both are used at the same time ?
I guess that is two questions but the same subject.
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My existing phone system is running at 2.4 GHz and
the exiting wireless networks run at 2.4 GHz.
Will there be interference if both are used at the
same time ?
This is a difficult question to answer. It depends on the phone you use. For example, I have a pair of 2.4GHz cordless phones I bought a few years ago that do not interfere with my wireless network as far as I can tell. But many other 2.4GHz phone brands and models do. I only got lucky. There does not seem to be an easy way to tell which phone chipsets will interfere and which will not, even though all of them operate within the "same" frequency range.
2.4GHz is a band that is unlicensed, so anything can happen when you have so many manufacturers putting out phones, networking gear, gaming devices, microwave ovens, and other consumer devices all operating in the 2.4GHz unlicensed band. Sometimes devices just clobber each other.
There is a newer cordless phone standard operating at 5.8GHz. These phones have been in the stores for a while. They cost a little more, but the price has come down a lot in the past year. They are supposed to be unlikely to interfere with a 2.4GHz wireless network. But if you live within range of other homes and offices, you might still have to put up with interference from whatever devices your neighbors use.

Macbook pro can't find preferred wireless network

My father signed onto my wireless network using his own laptop (PC) with my passkey. Then after he had been on I tried to connect to the internet with my macbook (and iPhone) and my network was gone. If I look at the list of available networks it lists my neighbor's (which usually doesn't happen) and the name of my father's computer but ours is gone. If I go to my preferred networks, I see mine listed but then when I try and connect to it is says it cannot be found. I tried creating it again but then when I enter the password it says it's invalid. I tried connecting to the network under my dad's computer's name to see if somehow the name changed on its own but it says invalid password as well. Any ideas?

"If I look at the list of available networks it lists my neighbor's (which usually doesn't happen) and the name of my father's computer but ours is gone."
Your father's computer should not be showing up in the list of networks unless he mucked around with your router. Log in to your router's admin pages and see what the issues are.

Can I create a unique subnetwork when extending a wireless network using Airport Extreme?

My office building has an Airport Extreme to provide wifi to our individual suites. I would like to create a sub-network using my Airport Extreme for my suite only that uses the wifi signal from our office building and provides internet to the computers (both wired and wireless) in my suite but have it protected so that other suites in my building can't see my computers. Is this possible and how do I do it? I have currently set up my Airport Extreme in wifi-mode "extending a previous wireless network" and have the router with its unique router name. But once I extended the wireless network, I could not find the network name of my router, only the office name (the one I was extending). The computers connected via ethernet to my Airport have internet access but none of my wireless computers see my airport name, it sees the office building network name. I'm assuming they are connecting to my Airport since the signal level is much higher than before and it appears that my Airport is rebroadcasting the network name of my office building. Is there a way to have my Airport broadcast its unique identifier for wifi, still connect to the internet via wifi signal to the Office building airport and maintain segregation between my computers and the rest of my office building?
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I would like to create a sub-network using my Airport Extreme for my suite only that uses the wifi signal from our office building and provides internet to the computers (both wired and wireless) in my suite but have it protected so that other suites in my building can't see my computers.
It is not possible to configure a single Apple AirPort router in this manner using wireless only, but it would be possible to do this with a single AirPort if you connect your AirPort Extreme to the "main" router using a wired Ethernet connection.
As for wireless only....you could probably do what you want by using two Apple routers....an AirPort Express to join the wireless network and provide an Ethernet signal to the AirPort Extreme's WAN port. Then the AirPort Extreme could then be configured to provide a separate network using a different subnet.
Users on the "main" network would not be able to "see" any devices on your "private" network and vice versa.
I use the two router set up all the time at hotels that only provide a wireless signal. The first Express "joins" the wireless network and feeds an Ethernet signal to the second AirPort which is configured to "create a wireless network" in router mode.
This way, I can connect multiple devices to my "private" network, but only pay the hotel for one connection since the hotel router only "sees" the AirPort Express that joins the network.

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Ok..... I live with 5 people and we all have computers. I'm looking to setup a Wireless Network in our house that would allow all of us to access the Internet from our various rooms. Currently we have 3 MAC (a G5 Desktop, a regular Desktop, and a Powergook G4 with airport extreme), and 2 Window's based PC Laptops. So far everyone is using DSL, with the exception of myself. I sit in the back yard accessing the neighbors wireless network. That ***** and I feel like I'm stealing.
How would I go about setting up a Wireless network for all of these computers, and what equipment would I need to accomplish this?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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To allow Windows users to connect to your computer, you need to turn on Windows Sharing. When you turn on Windows Sharing, Mac OS X uses the Samba server software to provide SMB/CIFS file services.
You also need to give the Windows users the network address of your computer, and a user name and password of a user account on your computer.
Open System Preferences and click Sharing and, if necessary, click Services.
Select Windows Sharing in the list, then click Start.
Click Accounts and select the name of the user account that will share files. Enter the password for that user.
Look below the services list for your computer's network address. Give this address to Windows users.
You can provide users with the user name and password of any account on your computer. To help keep your computer secure, you may want to create a special account for Windows users in Accounts preferences.
Because passwords of the user accounts for Windows are stored insecurely, turn off the account when it is not being used. Before you turn off Windows Sharing, turn off all the accounts you enabled. Otherwise, the passwords are still stored insecurely.
If you want to use a user account that existed before you installed Mac OS X Panther, you may need to reset the password for the account using Accounts preferences.
Any of this info can also be found in the help files in the Finder. Hope this helps.

IMac will no longer find my wireless network.

Hello, I have seen several posts for this on the net but no one seems to have a resolution. I have an iMac running OS X 10.6.3. I was not having any issues connecting to my personal WEP password protected network until just a few days ago. My computer does not list my network as an available option anymore and despite my best efforts I cannot get it to reappear. I have tried refreshing my IP address, removing preferred networks, deleting key chains and everything else I can think of. I had not changed any settings or downloaded any updates so I'm not sure why it suddenly stopped working. I have reset my router multiple times and even moved my computer so its right next to it and still nothing. Any suggestions would be great. It can find all of my neighbors networks just not mine. My roommate also runs a PC laptop and has no issues logging in.
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