I would do some research before using it -- according to the yashy-hack
mailing list it has been holed like a slice of swiss cheese.
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Scott C. Best wrote:
> Rick:
> I think it's called WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy.
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 12:35:28PM -0500, Gart Nixon scribbled:
> But can an LRP box with the pcmcia software and the proper modules become
> an AP?
That is what the aforementioned project is for, I gather. The
project, that is, that started this thread in the first place.
Sounds like a good p
But can an LRP box with the pcmcia software and the proper modules become
an AP?
Right now, I have it as an interface on my router, on a different
subnet from the wired lan. I now Know I could enable bridging on it, but
my setup works and it's happy. ;)
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rick:
I think it's called WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy.
AFAIK, there are two levels, one which uses 64-bit keys and
another which uses 128-bit keys plus RC4. Which is to say,
I can set my access point to only respond to PCMCIA cards setup
with the LAN name "Froog", and that code word is l
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> So, an AP is the _only_ machine to which a client talks,
> it does not talk to other clients on it's LAN. Also, APs
> use IAPP to allow roaming, which a regular bridge would
> be incapable of.
>
> Additionally,
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:29:18PM -0500, Unger, Larry G scribbled:
> Take a look at ... http://www.wi-fi.com/downloads/IEEE_80211_Primer.pdf ...
That is helpful and explains another feature of an AP that
differentiates it from a plain ethernet-to-wireless bridge:
> In most instances, the BSS c
Mike Sensney, 2001-03-06 14:45 -0800
>At 01:12 PM 03/06/2001 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote
> > Are they going to support more that one 802.11b AP hardware vendor?
>
>?? If they are successful, you won't need any AP hardware vendors. Just a
>Linux box with AP software and a wireless card.
>
>Don't forget
Rick:
> > This is how my neighbors 802.11 LAN doesn't directly
> > interfere with my own -- he can't see my hosts and I can't see his.
> > I guess that's a feature of 802.11. :) Gawd help Bluetooth...
>
> So, you can't access his net at all, without knowing it's name
> (which I'd assume gets
There is. Comparing a wireless bridge to an AP is kind of like comparing
MS-DOS to Linux.
It is the extra functionality of an AP that is important for the WISP
market. There are Linux and BSD folks involved in the field. If they could
use wireless bridges in place of expensive APs they would. Yet
No
and what license they plan to use?
I _think_ some version of open source.
Are they going to support more that one 802.11b AP hardware vendor?
?? If they are successful, you won't need any AP hardware vendors. Just a
Linux box with AP software and a wireless card.
Don't forget there are 802
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:43:27PM -0800, Scott C. Best scribbled:
> Rick:
> Yes, by and large, that's all an AP is, a simple 5-minute
> bridge. Leave it to Lucent to complicate things. :) Their access-points
> also allow for something called "Wired Equivalent Privacy" which
> essentially me
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-06 16:59 -0500
>I hope that there's something I'm missing here, because if not,
>when I get my pcmcia support working, I'll make a
>pcmcia-ne2k -> WaveLan image just to bust their balls... ;)
Rick,
You can call the new release Moth, because they're able to sense bat son
Rick:
Yes, by and large, that's all an AP is, a simple 5-minute
bridge. Leave it to Lucent to complicate things. :) Their access-points
also allow for something called "Wired Equivalent Privacy" which
essentially means you can 'name' your wireless-LAN at the access
point, and then only PCM
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 12:57:18PM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled:
> Scott C. Best, 2001-03-06 12:43 -0800
> > Good question. My understanding up to now was that an AP
> >was a layer-2 bridge from a wireless network into a wired LAN. At
> >least, that's what my 802.11 AP does here in the gara
Mike Sensney, 2001-03-06 12:42 -0800
>At 12:13 PM 03/06/2001 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
>
>>Mike Sensney, 2001-03-06 10:16 -0800
>> >Would this be of interest to LEAF? If there is a consensus I will
>> >discuss the matter with Lonnie.
>>
>>Rick and Morgan are working on the wireless stuff. I think i
Scott C. Best, 2001-03-06 12:43 -0800
>David:
> Good question. My understanding up to now was that an AP
>was a layer-2 bridge from a wireless network into a wired LAN. At
>least, that's what my 802.11 AP does here in the garage.
Scott & David,
Here is a quote from:
WL-Access Access Poin
>Mike Sensney wrote:
> >
> > This is from the ISP-WIRELESS list. It is regarding a project to write
> > access point code for Linux.
>
>Having read this message and some replies, I take it that "Access Point"
>means something more than what I was thinking of - for me, Internet NAP
>(Network Access
David:
Good question. My understanding up to now was that an AP
was a layer-2 bridge from a wireless network into a wired LAN. At
least, that's what my 802.11 AP does here in the garage.
-Scott
>Having read this message and some replies, I take it that "Access Point"
>means something mor
>Mike Sensney, 2001-03-06 10:16 -0800
> >This is from the ISP-WIRELESS list. It is regarding a project to write
> >access point code for Linux. It is from Lonnie Nunweiler of Webworld
> >Warehouse Ltd.
> >
> >
>
>Mike,
>Is this the message?
>http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/0103/msg007
David Douthitt, 2001-03-06 14:28 -0600
>Mike Sensney wrote:
> >
> > This is from the ISP-WIRELESS list. It is regarding a project to write
> > access point code for Linux.
>
>Having read this message and some replies, I take it that "Access Point"
>means something more than what I was thinking of
Mike Sensney wrote:
>
> This is from the ISP-WIRELESS list. It is regarding a project to write
> access point code for Linux.
Having read this message and some replies, I take it that "Access Point"
means something more than what I was thinking of - for me, Internet NAP
(Network Access Point?) c
Mike Sensney, 2001-03-06 10:16 -0800
>This is from the ISP-WIRELESS list. It is regarding a project to write
>access point code for Linux. It is from Lonnie Nunweiler of Webworld
>Warehouse Ltd.
>
>
Mike,
Is this the message?
http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/0103/msg00736.html
>
>
>T
At this time we only have support for Infrastructure mode. I have a list of
people interested in helping with the software project to build the AP
code,
but have not had the time to organize a project. If there is someone out
there with better organizational skills, we'd love to work with them
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