Quote Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
LMAO!! I barely understand 3/4 of what Archangel said I'm glad to see we have someone here with a clue because I sure don't

I have a wireless router (I think it's a linksys) but after that, he lost me. My wireless seemed to drop connections on a regualr basis to my laptop so I just said to hell with it and now run it with a "hard connection."

I heard about "wardriving" but how I'm not smart enough to know how to use my laptop with my wireless "card" to find open "hot spots" (Now mind you, everything I have in quotes is me probably using the wrong words to please correct me as necessary )
Your use of the vocabulary is perfect. All you need to do is install a sniffer for wireless networks. I use Netstumbler or AirSnort. AirSnort is more for cracking a network, though. AirSnort needs to capture about 5 million or so packets to crack a WEP key. Once it has enough packets it can crack your key in about a second. There are a few other people in my neighborhood that run WEP "secured" networks. I always make sure to use their connection when I don't want to be caught.

If you have a Linksys WRT54G there are alternate firmware upgrades available. You actually get a ton more control over certain features, like you can boost the transmission output 900%, but it comes at a risk of burning out your router or getting a bad flash.