Locating the discoverer of a specific network
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:32 am
Hello WiGLE Community,
I know this is probably in the wrong section, but this seems like the more general area of the forums, and this is somewhat of a suggestion, so here goes.
Over 6 years ago, on February 26, 2011, a WiGLE user discovered my grandfather's personal wireless network, being broadcast from his old home - he moved out in 2013. At the time that he lived at this house (I was also living there for a short time while unemployed) I remember connecting to this network, but since I had no interest in wardriving or any other sort of "computer stuff" at the time, I never paid attention to the router itself. The reason this is important to me is because some very important personal information - information which my family and I now find ourselves in desperate need of - was stored on a computer connected to that network. Here's what I know so far:
- Looking up the router's MAC tells me that it's a Netgear, although I could have sworn that when my grandfather and I donated much of his old stuff to a local thrift, I saw a 2WIRE DSL modem/router in there with an AT&T logo on it (like this one: https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/E ... s-l225.jpg)
- It was a WEP network
- There were a few computers which had all probably been connected at one point: a newer HP desktop running Windows 8, an old desktop, I believe Dell, running Windows XP, < (this was probably the computer it was stored on) and a Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2002 which I own, but unfortunately the hard drive has long since been changed out.
- I cannot remember if the ISP was AT&T or Comcast, but as I mentioned, I'm almost certain that he had an old 2WIRE router/DSL combo with an AT&T logo. To my knowledge Comcast has never offered 2WIRE router/modem combos, and my grandfather would never deviate from the standard ISP-provided router and/or modem.
My objective here is to find the WiGLEr who discovered the network in the first place. I know it sounds silly, but I feel like at this point, they're the only hope I have of ever being pointed in the right direction as to the whereabouts of this information. Like I said, I know it's a very strange request, but at this point, I'm really grasping at any remotely possible chance I have to recover even a bit of this information. It holds a deep sentimental value in the hearts of myself and my family, and more importantly, we are going to need it for legal matters very soon.
Thank you.
I know this is probably in the wrong section, but this seems like the more general area of the forums, and this is somewhat of a suggestion, so here goes.
Over 6 years ago, on February 26, 2011, a WiGLE user discovered my grandfather's personal wireless network, being broadcast from his old home - he moved out in 2013. At the time that he lived at this house (I was also living there for a short time while unemployed) I remember connecting to this network, but since I had no interest in wardriving or any other sort of "computer stuff" at the time, I never paid attention to the router itself. The reason this is important to me is because some very important personal information - information which my family and I now find ourselves in desperate need of - was stored on a computer connected to that network. Here's what I know so far:
- Looking up the router's MAC tells me that it's a Netgear, although I could have sworn that when my grandfather and I donated much of his old stuff to a local thrift, I saw a 2WIRE DSL modem/router in there with an AT&T logo on it (like this one: https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/E ... s-l225.jpg)
- It was a WEP network
- There were a few computers which had all probably been connected at one point: a newer HP desktop running Windows 8, an old desktop, I believe Dell, running Windows XP, < (this was probably the computer it was stored on) and a Toshiba Satellite laptop from 2002 which I own, but unfortunately the hard drive has long since been changed out.
- I cannot remember if the ISP was AT&T or Comcast, but as I mentioned, I'm almost certain that he had an old 2WIRE router/DSL combo with an AT&T logo. To my knowledge Comcast has never offered 2WIRE router/modem combos, and my grandfather would never deviate from the standard ISP-provided router and/or modem.
My objective here is to find the WiGLEr who discovered the network in the first place. I know it sounds silly, but I feel like at this point, they're the only hope I have of ever being pointed in the right direction as to the whereabouts of this information. Like I said, I know it's a very strange request, but at this point, I'm really grasping at any remotely possible chance I have to recover even a bit of this information. It holds a deep sentimental value in the hearts of myself and my family, and more importantly, we are going to need it for legal matters very soon.
Thank you.