How so, I get portscanned x number of times a day, if my wireless interface gets portscanned at least I know they are within 1000(give or take) feet of my house:)
True the air is not secure, but neither is the internet. People can sniff your telnet traffic and irc traffic on the internet. Everyone keeps talking about how "insecure" wireless is. Wireless lacks the same security that the internet lacks.
I understand the bit about the frequency they operate on, however what I was saying is that WAP is aimed at cell technology where you dont have fast connection nor alot of CPU. 80211b has fairly good bandwith and uses standard networking protocols therefor it has no use for WAP
Many Airports (Seattle airport being one of them) which have "Laptop Lane" a little store where you can rent netowork access by the minute have wireless access points. The funny thing is that the ones I have used in airports did not have a key setup, so you could sit in close proximity and use their connection with out paying for it:)
80211b is wireless networking spec that uses the 2.4 gigahertz band. Cell phones use 900mhz, WAP is essentially trying to make up for the short commings of cell technology in this type of applicaiton, two diffrent ballgames. The implications that something like this may have on cell phones is that an 80211b device could use voice over ip which could be used as an alternative to cell phones, however the range and line of sight with 80211b is not as good as with cell technology. I think what I just said makes sense...
Any one interested in this technology should check out Seattlewireless.net we are a group building a free wireless network in the seattle area. Along the same lines as consume and other projects, however our mission is not based on internet access, but to create a network unto its own based on 80211b technology. We plan to have internet gateways present on our network, however we would like to see a local/free/public wireless network that had its own web its own irc, quake servers etc...
Check it out for more info.
I usually dont like to make "smart-ass" remarks, but apparently all your data is based on what you have "heard" and "read", how long ago did you read that magazine article? All 802.11b compliant devices being made today support WEP which a form of encryption used for wirless lan technology (note: some older 80211b cards do not have wep ala AIRONET (before cisco bought them). Also on the other hand here is something to think about with wireless links, you would put an unprotected computer on the net? Well then dont put one on a wireless link, use a vpn over the wireless if you feel insecure. But "stay away from these things" becuase of what you hear is not the way I live my life.
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What better way to get more AP's in the database then by posting it in slashdot...?
How so, I get portscanned x number of times a day, if my wireless interface gets portscanned at least I know they are within 1000(give or take) feet of my house :)
Well gee thats funny, the airport is another platform it uses a 486 processor. I wonder who they ripped that off of?
True the air is not secure, but neither is the internet. People can sniff your telnet traffic and irc traffic on the internet. Everyone keeps talking about how "insecure" wireless is. Wireless lacks the same security that the internet lacks.
I understand the bit about the frequency they operate on, however what I was saying is that WAP is aimed at cell technology where you dont have fast connection nor alot of CPU. 80211b has fairly good bandwith and uses standard networking protocols therefor it has no use for WAP
Many Airports (Seattle airport being one of them) which have "Laptop Lane" a little store where you can rent netowork access by the minute have wireless access points. The funny thing is that the ones I have used in airports did not have a key setup, so you could sit in close proximity and use their connection with out paying for it:)
Actually 80211b supports end to end encryption up to 128bit (WEP, not to be confused with WAP).
80211b is wireless networking spec that uses the 2.4 gigahertz band. Cell phones use 900mhz, WAP is essentially trying to make up for the short commings of cell technology in this type of applicaiton, two diffrent ballgames. The implications that something like this may have on cell phones is that an 80211b device could use voice over ip which could be used as an alternative to cell phones, however the range and line of sight with 80211b is not as good as with cell technology. I think what I just said makes sense...
Its backed up frequently for this reason, the person running the site has this in mind.
Any one interested in this technology should check out Seattlewireless.net we are a group building a free wireless network in the seattle area. Along the same lines as consume and other projects, however our mission is not based on internet access, but to create a network unto its own based on 80211b technology. We plan to have internet gateways present on our network, however we would like to see a local/free/public wireless network that had its own web its own irc, quake servers etc... Check it out for more info.
I usually dont like to make "smart-ass" remarks, but apparently all your data is based on what you have "heard" and "read", how long ago did you read that magazine article? All 802.11b compliant devices being made today support WEP which a form of encryption used for wirless lan technology (note: some older 80211b cards do not have wep ala AIRONET (before cisco bought them). Also on the other hand here is something to think about with wireless links, you would put an unprotected computer on the net? Well then dont put one on a wireless link, use a vpn over the wireless if you feel insecure. But "stay away from these things" becuase of what you hear is not the way I live my life. Later