[OT] wireless network sniffers

["Benfield, John \(Penta\)" <john.benfield-eds@xxxxxxx>]

I have a wireless network at home that works most of the time. However
on the occasions that I can't get a network I pickup another network
with a very stone signal (I normally get 1-2Mbps, this give 11Mpbs). My
PC gets allocated an IP address (via DHCP) but I don't appear to be able
to do anything else. I'm trying to find out what this network is, the
name that coming up is complete gibberish. The really strange this that
we are quite literally in the middle of fields. The nearest house is
about 1km away (as the radio waves fly), so I can't believe that it a
home network. Also the icon in the control panel comes up as an oblong
with a circle above it (rather than the normal aerial icon).

Any ideas about what it could be, or how I would go about finding out
would be most helpful. I did do some goggling but there is just too much
information out there.

JB


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