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One Glimpse Of The Wireless Future

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the trapper-john's-alma-mater dept.

SemiBarbaricPrincess writes "Check out this story at wired.com about wireless networks on college campuses. The focus is on Dartmouth College." It would be great to see this kind of wireless community outside academia too.

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  1. Re:Oh come on, now :-/ by great+throwdini · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plenty of other schools have had this stuff for a long time now. Yes, the article's interesting if you're into networking and/or wireless data transmission, but their explicit focus on Dartmouth makes it seem as though they're unique and trendsetting.

    Dude. Seriously. Did you read the article at all? Quote:

    And Dartmouth isn't alone. From Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh to UC San Diego, American University, UT Dallas, and the University of Minnesota, dozens of schools are deploying wireless networks and turning students loose ... I feel that could have at least given credit to other schools that were at least equally as deserving.

    Dude. Seriously.

  2. Page 2... by Publicus · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're right about nobody knowing how this revolution will come about.

    Read page 2: Female initiating sex, now that's revolutionary!

    --

    My Karma was at 49, then they switched to words. All that work for nothing!

  3. Is it just me... by foxtrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or is a story on wireless networks run by Wired magazine just a bad idea to begin with?

  4. Rochester by ceejayoz · · Score: 4, Funny

    The University of Rochester now has wireless in the library, the academic quad, and the commons building. Anyone can connect to the access points but you have to log in (via an HTML page) to the URNET with a userid/password. Very nice system.

    On a semi-related note, I set up a linksys AP in my room... one of my suitemates discovered he can now get connectivity on the toilet. Oh, the places we'll go! :-p

    My wireless card can't pick it up in our lounge (20 feet away), but for some odd reason I could get it across campus (half mile, and no LOS that I could see) - anyone know what the hell is going on there?

  5. Re:Security by Beatbyte · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate to bring you the bad news, but, VPN Passwords aren't secure on a wireless LAN or a hubbed network.

    It would only take a good cracker about 45 minutes to get the password.

    And if RFMon was used, you wouldn't even know it.

    -cheers

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    Get paid to code OSS
  6. did anyone else notice.... by otis+wildflower · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... this quote:

    "Each homecoming night since 1920, members of the freshman class have built a towering bonfire at the center of the green, running a lap around the pyre for every year of their graduating class (the class of 1999 did 99 laps; not to be outdone, the class of 2000 did 100)."

    Nice, they're POSIX compliant since 1920.. ;)