Suggestion for new Topic in Area 51

Am up to my eyeballs in WiFi networks at the moment

802.11b
802.11a
802.11g
Security issues etc:

& have 802.11b installed at home, soon to be enhanced with an 802.11a access point. Am helping work friends set up their own family WiFi networks.

At work we are usinging 802.11b with many 100s of portable scanners, Forklift mounted terminals & Vocollect Talkman units.

WiFi is on the fly (not-pie-in-the-sky) So my suggestion is ... a new topic called ...

WiFi & Wireless

(this link offers an interesting perspective on explosion of WiFi) [link|http://www.ineedattention.com/pages/wifi/|http://www.ineedatte...n.com/pages/wifi/]

I am happy to kick off the new topic area with lots of input & assistance

Just a taste of some interesting new issues that should be on our collective radar: NetStumbler & MiniStmbler - freeware that runs on Notebooks & PDAs that can detect and identify WiFi nets. see [link|http://www.netstumbler.com/|http://www.netstumbler.com/]

also net sniffing, the art of analysing WiFi traffic (see same website + link at bottom)

Cheers

Doug Marker

PS - just in case you felt even a little safe with your WiFi network with MAC device security & WEP enabled encryption - try this link ....

[link|http://www.linkferret.ws/wireless/wireless.htm|http://www.linkferre...less/wireless.htm]

University 101 on hacking wireless networks (follow the two links mentioned :-)
[link|http://www.cs.tut.fi/~karrih/work/kurssit/83950/wlan/wlan1.html|http://www.cs.tut.fi...0/wlan/wlan1.html]

Post #117,176 by dmarker 9/9/03 3:13:49 AM 9/9/03 6:32:28 AM Reply	Suggestion for new Topic in Area 51 Am up to my eyeballs in WiFi networks at the moment 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g Security issues etc: & have 802.11b installed at home, soon to be enhanced with an 802.11a access point. Am helping work friends set up their own family WiFi networks. At work we are usinging 802.11b with many 100s of portable scanners, Forklift mounted terminals & Vocollect Talkman units. WiFi is on the fly (not-pie-in-the-sky) So my suggestion is ... a new topic called ... WiFi & Wireless (this link offers an interesting perspective on explosion of WiFi) [link\|http://www.ineedattention.com/pages/wifi/\|http://www.ineedatte...n.com/pages/wifi/] I am happy to kick off the new topic area with lots of input & assistance Just a taste of some interesting new issues that should be on our collective radar: NetStumbler & MiniStmbler - freeware that runs on Notebooks & PDAs that can detect and identify WiFi nets. see [link\|http://www.netstumbler.com/\|http://www.netstumbler.com/] also net sniffing, the art of analysing WiFi traffic (see same website + link at bottom) Cheers Doug Marker PS - just in case you felt even a little safe with your WiFi network with MAC device security & WEP enabled encryption - try this link .... [link\|http://www.linkferret.ws/wireless/wireless.htm\|http://www.linkferre...less/wireless.htm] University 101 on hacking wireless networks (follow the two links mentioned :-) [link\|http://www.cs.tut.fi/~karrih/work/kurssit/83950/wlan/wlan1.html\|http://www.cs.tut.fi...0/wlan/wlan1.html] Edited by dmarker Sept. 9, 2003, 06:04:12 AM EDT Edited by dmarker Sept. 9, 2003, 06:25:13 AM EDT Edited by dmarker Sept. 9, 2003, 06:32:28 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #117,226 by FuManChu 9/9/03 12:30:57 PM Reply	Possibly. But IMO you just ran out of topics.
Post #117,268 by dmarker 9/9/03 4:16:42 PM Reply	Hmmm :-) How many have you tried to set up ? :-) Networking is a possibiliyu but Wireless is a very distinct aspect with a completely different set of issues from connections thr to security. Includes Bluetooth networks, Infrared txfr, G3 phone lans Most new mobile notebooks & tablets built on Centrino have all the above as standard fare. Anyway, I am still offering .. Cheers Doug
Post #117,245 by boxley 9/9/03 2:06:22 PM Reply	networks "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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