On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:16:13PM +0100, Alan Wright wrote: > Brian, > Many thanks for your help. > I have ordered the stuff any way, any one trying to sniff outside the house > would be extremely noticeable as I live in a dead end/cul de sac. > I am aware that they could sniff from 100 yards or so but I'll have to see > if I can sniff it my self with the laptop as it were from a friends house > whilst it is running. All good stuff for the learning curve :-) > With a decent antenna, you can sniff a wireless network from much farther away than 100 yards, the distance limit in your laptop is primarily limited by the amount of energy the laptop can supply for transmitting, sniffing a wireless network from a mile (or even several miles) away is not overly difficult.
> At 13:05 16/10/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >I am considering doing the same thing at home and have done a fair bit of > >research. > > > >What I have determined so far: > > > >1. Wireless is not very secure. > > > >2. If you are not careful on how you configure your bridge then someone > >outside of your house can *easily* connect, sniff and use your network. Just > >ask anyone that has done this at a trade show or airport and they can tell > >you it is very easy. > > > >3. It sure beats pulling wires so if you can deal with points 1 and 2 then > >it is worth serious consideration. > > > >Best regards, > > > >Brian > >----- > >Brian Monkman > >Technical Program Manager, Firewall Certification > >ICSA Labs > >1200 Walnut Bottom Road > >Carlisle PA 17013-7635 > >Phone:717.241.3263 > >Fax:717.243.8642 > >www.icsalabs.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Alan Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:03 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Wireless LAN for the Home network. > > > > > >Hi, > >Has anyone any specific do's and don'ts for a wireless LAN at home,? > >I am looking at running the Buffalo Air station PCMCIA cards (2) in my sons > >desktop and my laptop, and the wireless bridge with router on the main > >desktop machine which is the machine with adsl coming into it. > > > >Currently running Win ME on the machine with ADSL on it but would consider > >upgrade to/or dual boot with Win 2K. > > > >Usual IDS suite running ( snort, blackice defender, plus a couple of > >Ateliers progs ) > > > > > >All the best > > > >Alan > > > > > > > >Alan J Wright B.Sc(Hons)(Open) > >SMS +47624462772. > >Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >'You're a feisty little one but you'll soon learn respect' > > > >Return of the Jedi > > All the best > > Alan > > > > Alan J Wright B.Sc(Hons)(Open) > SMS +47624462772. > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 'You're a feisty little one but you'll soon learn respect' > > Return of the Jedi -- Red Hat Professional Consulting Jason Kohles (703)786-8036 (cellular) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
