Linksys WET11: Bridge 30 Devices To Any Wi-Fi Network

eggboard writes "The Linksys WET11 lets you bridge a wired network with up to 30 devices to any wireless access point that uses Wi-Fi. The utility is enormous: you could build a pseudo-mesh network by pairing cheap Wi-Fi APs with this cheap ($129) Wi-Fi bridge. Before this, the only generic Wi-Fi bridge was proprietary: you'd buy a bridge from Alvarion that paired with one of their hubs, and spend several hundred each. Even the dual-WAP11 bridge approach of last year was wonky and required extra gear (although it can handle more devices than 30 since it's a protocol bridge, not a MAC bridge). I review the WET at O'Reilly's wireless developer's site."

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Dumb security question

[YanceyAI]

This may be a dumb question, but here goes...

I know it's possible to steal (or borrow :) bandwidth from a wireless network, but is it possible to hack an otherwise closed network if the network is wireless? For instance, the CIA's network has no outside lines, making it unhackable unless you get in on an authorized terminal. Does that change if you used a wireless network? Could you hack the signal for information, not just bandwidth?