drew wymore wrote:
> You could go through the trouble of trying to shield the signal but I
> think it would be better to just make sure the 54G is using encryption
> (i.e WPA2) 

I'll look into that. I have yet to go deep enough into the WEP11 to 
figure out what it has in that regard.

> and you could turn off the SSID broadcast so that the AP
> won't be seen unless someone is using something like net stumbler or
> the like. 

I believe I did that already, but I'll double check.

> And if you want to be even more paranoid, you could also set
> MAC filtering up in order to ensure that only the machines in your
> home are allowed to connect to the AP.
>   

We talked about that at the clinic and ruled it out as a false sense of 
security since someone with the right equipment could observe what MAC 
addresses are being used and spoof one of them.

Thanks for the ideas.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
 

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