This may sound stupid but, can a PDA's and smaller 802.11 devices connectSure. I have a Handspring Visor, and an iPAQ (used to run Win CE, but now runs linux) that both talk to an AP with WEP enabled and disabled (both modes)
directly to an AP?
If so, do they have the same security capabilities as a laptop?If the capabilities are tied to WEP, then yes. If you are looking for a VPN type connection, there are a few PDAs that can do this. Others are just too slow. If you are looking to do a captive portal like nocat, do note that browsers on handheld devices don't work very well with browser based solutions. Nocat relies on a popup window that is opened via Javascript. PDAs generally don't do popups. So, that solution fails (supposedly, a cookie can be used to replace the functionality of a popup, but I haven't seen it).
If not, what are the security methods between them and the laptop?I am not quite sure what the question is...are you comparing a laptop to a PDA in terms of security, or are you asking about how a laptop connects to a PDA and vice versa?
That's what lists are for.
Sorry, my noobiest question to date....
Rob (never owned, used or seen a PDA)
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