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AliceBleachWhite
Perhaps don't broadcast your SSID?
Turn off ICMP?
If the attacker can't see the target and can't ping or sniff any target to attack, then, there's nothing for them to attack.
tothetenthpower
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
Also, if you want to make sure your password is secure, as the person will probably use brute force, which is why it's kicking you off when they try to access it, add a few blank spaces to your password.
For example, if your password was the to ATS123, change it AT S12 3
The blank spaces are almost impossible for most basic brute force attacks to pick through and adds a whole other level of complexity.
~Tenth
Bybyots
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
I think that what is knocking you offline is a radio broadcast. Powerful radio frequency bursts can interrupt your wireless service.
Happy hunting,
UnifiedSerenity
I am posting this here because I know there are some smart tech savvy people here. I had to recently lock down my WiFi and have each person in my household's devices registered Mac address plus the password to get onto my wireless system.
The problem I am having is it seems whomever was getting on before stealing access cannot get on, but when they try it knocks us offline. Is there a method to deal with them? Is there a way to identify them and deal with them? I don't have a lot of neighbors, but I really want to identify who is doing this and politely deal with the situation.
Any ideas?
AthlonSavage
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
Ok I confess its me doing it.
parad0x122
Rule #1 of password complexity standards:
Passwords should contain a combination of capital letters, lowercase letters, and symbols. My minimum personal preference length for a password is at least 8 characters as well. It sounds like someone is attempting to DDOS (denial of service, brute force attack) your network in some fashion, as I haven't ever encountered a device that disconnects everyone when a blacklisted MAC attempts to connect to it.