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  1. Their Cell Network Is Up, Prolly Good For Now by cmholm · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Could We Reconnect Eastern Libya?

    At the speed the revolution is moving for the moment, particularly from the east, I think internal comms is more important than external internet access. And, from the film foreign correspondents have broadcast, it looks like the cell network is still up. So, prolly good to go for now.

    For the sake of argument, a 200km link is theoretically possible, based on the 125mi link record established during the 2005 Defcon Wi-fi shootout. They were using 10 and 12' satt dishes, and barely managed simple ssh console connections using unamplified wi-fi. With the heights quoted, I'm going to make a wild-ass guess that there isn't going to be sufficient fresnel clearance to prevent significant reflective signal fade over the Med between Cyrenica and Crete. But, with a few watts amplification, who knows?

  2. Video Of Record breaking 125 Mile WiFi Link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Idaho Companies Tout New Wireless Record

    See the really cool streaming video of the "WiFi" record: http://pasadena.net/shootout05/

  3. Video Of Record breaking 125 Mile WiFi Link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 125-Mile WiFi Connection

    I finally edited and posted the video from the DEFCON WiFI Shootout event along put some photos and topographical information up on the web.

    Here they are:
    http://pasadena.net/shootout05/

    It was great fun watching the team set this record!

  4. Re:Stick to hardware routers and firewalls... by Morrigu · · Score: 1 · on "Witty" Worm Wrecks Computers

    Have you ever even *looked* at Cisco PIX firewall rules or ACLs on a Cisco router? They don't use iptables, pf, or ipfilter.

    Some links as examples (took <1 minute on Google):

    ACLs - http://www.pasadena.net/cisco/secure.html

    PIX command reference - http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/ia abu/pix/pix_sw/v_63/cmdref/index.htm

  5. Doesn't anybody have a receiver? by Animats · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Keyless Entries Fail In Las Vegas On Friday
    You'd think that somebody would turn on a general-purpose receiver or a spectrum analyzer and find out what's emitting high-power RF in that band. It's not like this is rocket science. Some hams, most cell phone companies and the better Wi-Fi installers have one around someplace. Yes, it's an ISM band, but if there's interference over a wide area, somebody is way over allowed power. Any ordinary analog receiver should pick it up.

    Back when the FCC had District Engineers, instead of "Regional Directors" who are usually lawyers, you could probably get somebody on the phone who'd crank up a receiver and tune around until they found the source of the problem. Today, the FCC doesn't even have an office in Las Vegas. The nearest field office is in LA.

  6. Re: Wireless is great! by elemental23 · · Score: 1 · on Wireless Mania

    I used to feel the same way until I realized that encryption doesn't keep others from using your network; MAC address filtering does that. What encrytpion does is prevents anyone who happens by with a laptop from sniffing your traffic, including all your clear text POP3 and FTP passwords.

    And realize, there are lots of people going around looking for wireless networks to connect to.

    Needless to say, I have decided that 128 bit encryption is a must (along with MAC address filtering, of course). I'm glad I didn't buy my access point yet.

  7. More snmp for the WAP11 by burntfungus · · Score: 1 · on Supercharging Your Linksys Wireless Access Point

    More WAP11 snmp information:
    http://pasadena.net/aprf/