Though you guys could use a chuckle

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Though you guys could use a chuckle

March 09, 2006, 02:03:36 PM

This is off my wife blog........THought you guys would get a kick out of it.

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A few months ago I noticed my wireless router log showed a PC named RON connecting to my network at various times. This went on for a while before I decided to put in a WEP key and secure it just to annoy RON. For Christmas I bought a wireless network device for our playstation. It won't work with a WEP key so I opened the network back up for grabs.

While scanning the air, thats when I noticed there was a new wireless network named Homewood. I had a sneaky suspicion that this was Ron (whos apparently a neighbor, maybe across the lake?) I made a mental note to myself to check on it later...

So last night, after returning from Wings and beer, I decide to screw with Ron. After all, he shouldn't mind that I connect to his network since he connected to mine, right?

So its unsecured. Ok I figured as much. Connected with no problem.

Decided to see what other PC's were connected to it.

Checked my ip. Its a 192.168.2.102 so I try to ping .100 and .101

101 is the winner! And guess what the PC's name is? RON

So now Im sure its the same guy.

I check his shares. he doesn't have much except a few pictures of deer and some sunsets. And one lousy looking backed-up web site.

I rename all his folders to have the word dumbass in them.

My Dumbass pictures. My Dumbass Documents. U get the idea.

So I check my gateway ip. And decide to check if he passworded his router. Its a linksys. Guess what? Its got the default password on it from the factory. I contemplate whether or not I should DENY his PC access to the router and internet and really mess up his day. Naw. I don't want to be cruel. I just want to let him know I was there.

So I change his network name from homewood to Dumbass. This gives me a giggle.

OH One more thing. His printer is shared out. Its a DELL.

I decided to print him out a little note on his printer...

Dear Ron,

Glad to see you got your own wireless network instead of connecting to mine. You might want to put a password on your router though.

Cheers,

Your friendly neighbor

This was 10pm at night. So I wonder if he as sleeping when his printer spit that out at him...

Ill be checking often to see if he even knows how to rename his network back to homewood.

This story to be continued as I'm sure I am not done with Ron yet.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #1 – March 09, 2006, 02:07:18 PM

LOL nice man, I love the added touch of printing out the note.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #2 – March 09, 2006, 02:10:14 PM

This actually happened a month ago, his network has not been renamed.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #3 – March 09, 2006, 03:40:32 PM

Lol that's some good stuff there. A tech savvy wife you have too. Kudos!

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #4 – March 09, 2006, 04:09:20 PM

All of the wireless gateways here at the University are protected, but since the internet is through the network, it's amazing the unprotected stuff you can find, various shared files, unlocked printers. It's especially fun at the beginning of the year when its the most open.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #5 – March 09, 2006, 04:46:41 PM

It is amazing how many unsecured networks we have here. Most of the area has dumbass in the name now due to other people reading this on the local mustang forum.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #6 – March 09, 2006, 05:04:04 PM

thats some fun stuff.

Though you guys could use a chuckle

Reply #7 – March 09, 2006, 11:15:34 PM

Lets just say there aint nothing like war driving with a psp, I was puppiesping one of my nieghbors wireless connections till i could get it working on my wireless router.