a good article covers many of the points raised plus more: http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3428,a=13880,00.asp
>>> "Pollard, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18/03/2002 07:59:50 >>> Anyone interested in the Pringles antenna :- http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Using this they claim they could get 11mbps over 10 miles! -----Original Message----- From: Joe Matuscak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 March 2002 15:59 To: Scott Overfield Cc: Firewalls ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Re: Wireless LAN security 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...... BTW, if you want to do this on the cheap (perhaps as a test case), lots of people are doing this stuff with Linksys WAP-11 access points (about $150) and homebrew antennas from Pringles cans :-) Search for wap-11 bridging. Cheers, Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (330)335-1541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES (UK) LTD Tel: +44 1277 84 2700 ********************** N O T I C E ********************************* This message and any attachments is intended only for the individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or prohibited from disclosure or unauthorised use. If the recipient of this transmission is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering such materials to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message or its attachments other than by it's intended recipient is strictly prohibited by the sender. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately by telephone on the number above and destroy the message and all copies in your possession. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
