Re: [PLUG] protecting against wifi attacks

[Gary Duzan via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

   The Wifi Analyzer app on Android is pretty good for this.

   I tracked a similar issue to our Roku. Our is on wired ethernet, but it
still spams the strongest wifi channel periodically looking for smart
remotes, disrupting whatever else happens to be on that channel. I
never use the smart remote features, so I found the incantation to turn
the smart remote into a standard remote and disabled smart remote
capability on the Roku. That seems to have improved things
significantly.

                               Gary


> Probably the first thing I'd check is if one of your neighbors has
> their wifi on the same channel you're using. Have you tried switching
> channels?
>
> Walt
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 09:58:47PM -0400, Michael Lazin via plug wrote:
>> I am using DD-WRT and have things locked down.  I am experiencing
>> intermittent outages that I believe may be due to attacks going on in
>> the
>> building, it may be nothing, but wired Internet works fine, and we have
>> neighbors with hackerish Wi-Fi hotspot names, so I suspect something
>> phishy.  Does anyone have a recommendation for an intro Wi-Fi forensics
>> on
>> Linux?  I have never looked for an attack out of thin air, but I am
>> comfortable with things like tcpdump and wireshark.
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Michael Lazin
>>
>> .. τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ νοεῖν ἐστίν τε καὶ
>> εἶναι.
>
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