Re: bt home hub


"Pedro" <pedro.masala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ca2d4af0-a58a-46b0-afe3-dc607bba13a6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 2 July, 00:25, Dave <daven...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Conor wrote:
> In article <fKGdne6FS46FfdbXnZ2dnUVZ8nidn...@xxxxxx>, Dave says...
>> I have one of these and a couple of weeks ago, we had a visitor >> with her
>> lap top who commented that she could detect a very strong wifi >> signal.
>> Could she hack into this?

>> I am more concerned about those that live around me though. I want >> to
>> shut them out. How do I go about it?

> *** sake...

> Its using WPA and comes set with a password.

> Unless you either unplug it or line the walls of your house with tin
> foil, they're going to detect it. However what they're not going to > be
> able to do is make a connection to it that they can use unless you
> change the password it came with to one thought up by a simpleton > which
> could be easily guessed.

Conor, don't wrap it up, just give me the details :-)

Getting on in years now.

Dave

Mate, I'd suggest changing the default password...

What conor is saying is that it comes with a password, and any data
you send from your computer to the router is encrypted - so nobody
else can connect to the router (and use your internet connection), and
nobody else can see the data you send to your router (like passwords
for websites etc.).


However, on your current setup this is all done using the password
that BT set by default - these "default" passwords are easy to guess
or are easily available online (search for "default password bt home
hub"). So you should really change the default password - information
on how to do this is easily available online.


In reality, it's likely nobody will be hacking your connection, and
without knowing the password it's not really possible... but i'd
change to the non-default one anyway.

Regards.

******

Next door's kids will love trying to hack into anything. So don't make the password name of wife, child, house number, telephone number, flowers in garden etc.

Ed

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