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Neighborhood blackout and I have WIFI
Our whole neighborhood plus the one below us on the hill is out of power including street lights....but I have WIFI!!!
I just connected the ol' deep cycle marine battery that I have on a charger for just this occasion. Connected the battery to the inverter, then to the router and modem. Works just like they said it would. I busted out our lanterns that I keep in the closet with my other black out materials. I see neighbors using their cell phones for lights. Fools. Great practice.
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Black out materials like black out curtains so the neighbors don't come for a visit.
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I have my router and access point hooked up to a battery back up system. It should buy me a good 20-45 minutes to hook it up to an inverter system or any other alternative power supply if needed. Most folks on my block have gone solar, it's just a matter of time before the rest of us follow their lead.
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Make sure they dont know the name of your router or that is it hidden otherwise they might come a knocking. Their cell phones still work and might be able to see your wifi. Just my thoughts to keep you more secure.
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There is no way to keep your router's SSID hidden (at least in tests I have done [802.11N might have some new tech, but I haven't checked "802.11N" only]). The packets can be captured and hidden SSIDs are pointless and depending on the device on the other side may not even ever connect. (Make sure to NOT use WEP encryption (as it is crackable in <5 minutes), and use WPA2 if you CAN Upper&Lower&Numbers&SpecialCharacters... AKA "Ch!ckenP1uck3r8675309", but if you are Windows ONLY (not Android, Linux nor iPhruity devs) something like this might be better yet:"ħCA╚:/*-+^)$%!╚1§T@☻~├=". I was never able to get Linux, or Andorid to connect to WiFi with extended ASCII pass-phrased encryption, but this was before all this *buntu lunacy.
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Not unless you have a transfer switch to disconnect the main line power from your house. Then your panels will stand alone.
Use the panels to charge your batteries during the day, and when the sun goes down they can power your house via inverters. WiFi should last all night. And yes, blackout curtains are a must in this situation.
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That depends on your router firmware. If you re-flash with dd-wrt or openwrt, there is a setting "broadcast SSID" that you can uncheck. Then it won't show up in an "available networks" list, but you can still manually connect.
In my case, I am planning on going the opposite direction and setting up a "wifi mesh" as the basis for coordinating neighborhood defense. The possibility of testing it during an extended power outage has given me some new ideas. Thanks OP! http://www.servalproject.org/ |
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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/28653...y-more-secure/ |
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Not broadcasting the SSID won't work against somebody who knows what they're doing, but it'll keep it off the lists on random peoples phones and computers who think hey, why's that guys wifi still up, I wonder if I can ask him for the password.
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"ScrewYouiPhruityUsers" or the spoofs of "FBIpartyVanWiFi", "FBIsurveillanceVan", "NSAmonitoringStation", etc. I have always wanted to VLAN a segment and drop in an AP that throttles to 56k and leave it full open/no encryption, as it has already been ruled that IP is not proof of identity: https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/...d.php?t=883564 |
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It requires way more than that. You need batteries, a charge controller, usually a second off-grid inverter, usually a load shedding resistor bank and controller. The transfer switch function is usually integrated into the second inverter and is not necessary. Its not cost effective and I did not add batteries to my system since I can buy a generator for way less than the cost of a battery system. A hybrid on/off grid system is very complex. Now, Sunnyboy has a line of grid-tied inverters with a single 110V, 15 amp circuit you can use during power failures. It ain't much power, but its better than nothing. |
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Exactly. And if someone did sniff an unbroadcast wifi AP, they could assume (correctly) that the sign says "stay out". |
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Bet we're in the same neighborhood. Mine was blacked out from around 6-9pm last night.
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Funny how people always assume tactical ninja commando teams with be entering their homes to kill them, in this case, the same believe that all the neighbors are elite black hat Chinese hackers just dying to break into your WiFi.
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my wifi is called nsavan and is open to anyone to join
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But you'll have a bad time if your neighbor turns out to have a secret child porn habit and is using your wifi.
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Run WEP (10 or 26 hex) with no MAC lockdown in a tract home, and see how fast the DHCP leases on your router fills up...
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I have a small solar/battery system with an inverter. It will run my router, laptop, charge phones, etc., as long as the days are sunny and we don't overdo it at night.
Unfortunately, the batteries in the local telco RT only last about 24 hours. So in an outage lasting more than a day or so, I lose landline/internet. Cell coverage here is sketchy at best and can't be relied on.
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Why are utilities so expensive then!??!?! Oh, that is right: GOVERNMENT REGULATION! |
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But if its a concern you can set up WiFi as hidden, you will just have to "discover" your network by manually entering all information instead of scanning. Most WiFi only has a effective reach of a hundred feet. So its not likely anyone would know except the people that live within one house maybe two houses. |
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It still hasn't been replaced.
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THAT is going to be a problem when the Zombies come... however with all the repopulating that might need to be done... and all the spare time that we might have if 90% of devices won't work... nobody will have time for other people's pr0n videos if you need to make your own...
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Most routers have that wall wort plug, that just takes 120V and makes it into DC power. Check your router power requirements. I bet it takes 12 volts. Just find an old plug and cut the end off. Not you can run it on straight battery power. I flashed a router with DD-WRT, ran a yaigi antenna on my 5th wheel. Now I can have a WIFI repeater that I can use while in an RV park. Works GREAT!!
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And this same idea has caused me to rethnk how many of these little boxes are running in the house... how much inverter I actually need and how much batt storage I need.
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Having a Marine battery on standby for short term outages is a must. Fairly inexpensive and if you manage your usage properly will provide more then enough power for a few days.
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