[u-u] Suggestions for stopping occasional spurious use of commercial wi-fi

[Bill Duncan]

Hey Dave,
I agree with Bruce on his first 2 points, not sure about LoRa..

What I do is turn the bell wifi off, link it to my own router over the wire.

It'll take a few years for manufacturers and device makers, but WPA3 has
been released.  Doesn't help you now, but..

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/07/wpa3.html
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/6/26/17501594/wpa3-wifi-security-certification

Cheers.

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 09:47:59PM -0400, UU wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, David Collier-Brown wrote:
> 
> |I have a Rogers-supplied router and cable modem package, which twice has shown
> |significant usage when I was out, once with the original unit and once with
> |their replacement Cisco.?? That makes me suspicious of the current state of
> |authentication for wi-fi schemes (and I use the term "schemes" advisedly: they
> |used to horribly leaky (;-))
> |
> |What's a good approach? I have considered
> |
> | * MAC address lists,
> | * no wi-fi (strictly wired doesn't work with solid concrete walls),
> | * a second router with a more secure protocol (/is/ there such a
> |   protocol? And will my wife's Mac speak it?))
> | * something I haven't thought of
> 
> 
> 	!. yes, allow only designated MAC addresses
> 	2. change SSID & don't broadcast it
> 	2. consider LoRa as a possible adjunct/replacement
> 	   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa
> 
> 
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