Dont moc ASCII
a great number of things can be made clear through a little ASCII art, this is my current setup
Code:
[Neighbour block] [My block]
( )
()
( ) ( ) /\
() () .-----------.
/\ ( ) /\ |workstation|
.---------------. () .--------. '-----------'
---|Wireless router| /\ | Laptop |
'---------------' .--------. |WIFI/NIC|-.
| server | '--------' |
|AP/DHCP | .--. |
'---.----' | '-'
| .------.
| |switch|
| '-.----'
'----. |
'------'
As you all can see, I'm usign the laptop to capture the Wireless network from the neighbor block, then routing it onwards to my switch which has my own server with it's WIFI card acting as a AP, and my workstation connected to that through Wireless.
This solution is due to the signal comming from the other block beeing so weak (it's like 10/100 to 2/100 in strength) So I have to have the laptop placed in my window in order to minimize the drop caused by the outer walls.
Dont tell me to build a directional antenna, as I've tried it and it wasn't much of a gain from that.
I know it's a temperary solution, but as long as the prices for DSL here are sky high, I'm gonna take advantage of the open AP I can sniff..
btw, the poor bastard owning the AP dosn't have the slightest knwoledge of security, I can login to the AP using the default admin login/passwd, at some point I might just pay him a visit and tell him how to secure himself, as of now I can see from the APs logs that eight other vultures are using his AP.
But that wont be untill I've bought my own DSL line.... It's just those damned prices.