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Blocking someone else's extender
Hello All, I work at a public library, and we have an open wireless network. We leave our network, Library, open as to keep things simple for our patrons. A week or two ago, we noticed a Library_...
It's not going to be easy to block a connection AND keep your network open - about the only option open to you is MAC address filtering where you specify the MAC of the extender as not being allowed to connect to your router (if your router allows blocking by MAC address) - the problem there is MAC address spoofing is very easily done, and your miscreant can change his MAC address and get past your block in a matter of minutes, once he figures out what you've done.
You can try moving your router further away to reduce the strength of the signal he/she can receive or move it to the front wall closest to the strip mall and the line the wall behind it with aluminum foil to try to block the signal. going through, whilst still making it available in the library itself.
You can try moving your router further away to reduce the strength of the signal he/she can receive or move it to the front wall closest to the strip mall and the line the wall behind it with aluminum foil to try to block the signal. going through, whilst still making it available in the library itself.