> -----Original Message----- > From: Otto Haliburton [mailto:ottohaliburton@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:04 AM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: Router/Firewall Recommendation > .. but he didn't read the post carefully and opened his mouth and inserted foot. > Wireless networks can be penetrated, but it is not trivial. You need to know > where it is and come into range of the transmission limitations to start out > with, you have to be able to select that wireless network out of all of the > ones that are up and running. Since all I wanted to comment on was this statement, I've cut out all the insults and venom. You very much need to qualify this statement to make it anywhere NEAR close to being true. I've had Wireless (on and off) for about a year and a half; about 9 months ago, the Wireless Nic went bad, and the RMA came back worse. I ended up going for a new .G router (DLink) to use (note, I only use it as a wireless SWITCH; it's inside my network, but I've got it nailed down; I use IPCop for my Firewall, and the both the new WAP and the old one were only used for Wireless and as extra ports hanging off one of my three switches... I have a LOT of computers at home). When I set up the new NIC, it promptly connected not with my new WAP, but to a Linksys one of my neighbors has (and no, I don't know which neighbor). Boom, I'm on the Internet before I even had a chance to set up the connection to my OWN (more secure) WAP. Oh, yeah, Wireless >OUT OF THE BOX< is Secure </roll eyes>. The trouble is, even after being "configured", most WAPs are STILL unsecure; the average user is clueless about how to secure these things. You want the REALLY sad news? The Linksys was doing that on my OLD WNIC, too.... over a year ago. If my old 11b WAP (which has now gone to my B-I-Law) had failed, instead of the original 11b WNIC, I'd never have lost Wireless Internet access on the laptop. Bill Ward -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
