On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Scott Overfield wrote:

> My employer and I have been discussing the option of purchasing a Lucent
> Orinoco system to replace the current ADSL line between our two buildings,
> which are only about half a mile apart, with a clear line of
> site......However, I have very little experience with wireless, and I
> understand WEP is easily cracked...does anyone on the list have any
> experience with these devices, and how they can be secured? Any suggestions
> or links that you can pass along I would appreciate very much......

We've been experimenting with the same thing. Our plan is to disable WEP,
put a Linux based firewall on either side of the wireless link and run an
IPsec VPN across the wireless link.  We've prototyped the firewall parts
using a Smoothwall/IPcop firewall distributuion with its FreeS/wan vpn.  
There are obviously other VPN systems you can run, but I think a VPN is
the only safe way to go at the moment.


Joe Matuscak
Rohrer Corporation
717 Seville Road
Wadsworth, Ohio 44281
(330)335-1541
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