SSID: "Free Public WiFi" Am seeing dozens and dozens of these on any given day as detected by our Cisco LWAPP system- all ad hoc. Internet searching digs up articles like this
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1239995&page=1 and this http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,16550092 With some speculation that some sort of malware is opening a door to the wired network through a given user's wireless connection. Others say that it's just something that got picked up travelling, where the user actually connected to some commercial hotspot with that SSID... Wondering if anyone is seeing this same noise on a large scale, and perhaps have done their own analysis on actual client machines putting it out there over the air? This one sounds plausible, and may be the "real" answer- http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html where it is a viral-spread condition, but not a virus. But is amazing how many of these are out there- over 40 right now that I can see on our network. Curious in Syracuse- Lee ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
