Re: Unknown new network ?

From: Lorne (Lorne_Anderson_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:16:34 -0000

It is the D-Link DSL604+ (a model only available in the UK I believe), but
my computer is wired into it - it is the other 3 that connect by wireless.
My computers IP address is in the DHCP table.

Not sure what SSID does but it is set to default (but I have got 128bit WEP
enabled).

Anyway I can't be trying to connect to another wireless network because my
desktop has no wireless capability. It has worked OK all day today however.

Lorne

"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
news:7bq4119rt4dke23gpn5srsfak34dp07r59@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:43:35 -0000, "Lorne" <*email_address_deleted*>
> wrote:
>
>>I do not know if this is a question for this group but if it is not please
>>advise me where to go.
>>
>>I have a home peer to peer network through a D-Link wireless ADSL
>>router/modem. The router address is 192.168.0.0 and via ZoneAlarm I can
>>see
>>this address in the internet zone under the firewall data together with
>>the
>>range 192.168.2 to 5 as the trusted zone (these are my computer IP's) and
>>one other third party IP address also trusted that I use to play online
>>bridge.
>>
>>When I booted this morning I was told zone alarm had found a new network
>>and
>>added it to the list. When I checked the 192.168.0.0 address was gone and
>>replaced by one that started 199. (I forgot the rest as I panicked and
>>unplugged the cable + router immediately). After rebooting the router
>>everything was back to normal. I do not recognise 199 as the start of any
>>address that I know and it is certainly not my ISP which starts with 80.
>>There are no unusual alerts in the firewall log.
>>
>>Can anybody tell me from the above information what happened? It appears
>>that somebody or something caused a change in the router IP address but
>>obviously not a permanent change as it reset when I unplugged it.
>>
>>Is this just some electrical gremlin or was somebody trying to hack me?
>>
>>Should I do anything about it?
>>
>>McAfee and Spy Sweeper have found nothing.
>
> Lorne,
>
> What model D-Link is it?
>
> Was it your computer (wirelessly connected), that you booted this morning?
>
> My guess is that your computer tried to associate with another AP, maybe a
> neighbors. Turn your router off some time, and see if your computer tries
> to re
> associate with this unknown AP again.
>
> If you find yourself trying to associate with an unknown AP:
> 1) Enable SSID broadcast.
> 2) Disable "Automatically connect to non-preferred networks".
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1102.mspx>
>
> Or set your SSID to something distinctive, reboot your computer, and
> verify that
> you're connecting to your AP by seeing what SSID you're associating with
> when
> you boot.
>
> You should have a DHCP Log on the router, that will list what devices get
> addresses from the DHCP server, and when. See if your computer is listed
> in the
> log.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.

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