"J.B. Wood" wrote in
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On 06/02/2011 12:36 PM, moronsbegone wrote:

If I could find a lower end name "Repeater" capable AP
point unit like a NetGear or similar and program it to
autologon to unprotected WiFi access points That would
Kick butt. Thats called promiscuous mode but has moral
issues.

Hello, and moral issues aside for the moment, you'll
probably discover very quickly that unlike a few years ago
most, if not all, Wi-Fi access points/cable routers in your
area these days are probably protected either by WEP (old)
or WPA-2. (A Wi-Fi laptop with a network scan utility will
usually indicate protected/open networks). And even many
of those with older equipment have gotten wise.

The newer boxes usually have the protection turned on
out-of-the-box with a password (changeable by the
user/administrator). Older boxes had WEP turned off by
default and a lot of users just plugged them in and never
bothered to read the user guide and/or turn on the
protection. Sincerely, and 73s from N4GGO,


Give me 5 minutes and "Back-Track-3" and I can crack a wep key.
google backtrack 3 and version 4 and weep!!