JMJ wrote: > Howard White wrote: > >> What was also fun was that the two different Windows XP systems acted >> quite differently regarding their wireless property screens. Consistent >> user interface? Fat chance! > > You mentioned "The director's laptop had a Dell specific utility that > made connecting to a WAP with hidden ESSID." So, you're probably > comparing a Windows XP default utility to a Dell proprietary utility. > If that's the case, one can't really fault Windows. [gasp] OMG... did > I just defend Windows? :-( Seriously though... if that's the same Dell > utility I've used, it's quite handy.
Spot on, Joey! The director and I picked up on that immediately and had the other staff bring in the Toshiba that did not have said utility. We were able to get to the Wireless network preferences screen (well hidden, by the way) and complete the config. Could not find Wireless network preferences on the Dell and the director suspected as much because of the Dell utility. And around and around and around... > > Let us know when you get to the "penetration testing" phase of your > project, I'm sure a few folks would be happy to have a "crack" at it. :-) > > JMJ Care to join the Hacker Consortium Red team?? Howard White --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
