“In an effort to keep teenagers with laptop computers from driving around neighborhoods in search of a wireless Internet connection to look at pornography, state lawmakers are considering a proposal that would force homeowners to limit access to their wireless networks with a password.
The proposed legislation comes from Cheryl Preston, an Internet law professor at […]
“Two people have been arrested and cautioned for using someone else’s wireless Internet connection without permission, known as “piggy-backing”, British police said on Wednesday.”
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What the heck, I think this is going way overboard. I think there is a big difference if it is a company Wi-Fi network that you are using and a residential […]
So this is a really funny review of some 802.11n access points. Check it out.
Makes me want to go with Apple Wifi for the first time!
This is a follow-up post to Clamp Down Security on Your Cisco Aironets with Win XP SP2. This post is not just applying to Cisco Aironets but anything that uses WEP.
People contiune to point out how easy it is to crack WEP. It has gotten to the point where WEP encryption can be broke […]
Say goodbye to your old WEP 128-bit keys and say hello to AES and WPA2. If you want to really secure down your Cisco Aironets follow these settings.
*Personal with Pre-Shared Key*
In the Windows Client (If you have your SSID Hidden and you are using Microsoft’s Zero Config)
1) Do properties on you wireless connection
2) Go to […]
It looks like 802.11n is finally going to get through all of the red tape and arguing to become a standard soon. Draft 2.0 for 802.11n was passed with a supermajority in its currently step moving it forward for an IEEE standard.
Also it appears that the currently specs will be compatible with most currently 802.11n […]
I had to update my Cisco Aironets as well for the DST change. There isn’t much for controls in the web console to help you fix the issues. You can uncheck and check to use Daylight Savings Time but since it doesn’t think that DST applies yet that won’t help.
The work around for this is […]
Check out the new software review that I added to Commercial Software Links. It is a wireless network security package to monitor your wireless network. This is a great tool for a price that won’t break the bank. The manufacture is Network Chemistry and the product is called RF Protect. I have used this product […]
I have been doing some research on what settings would most optimize my Cisco aironets. One of my major questions has been should I run one or two dipole antenna and what should the setting be. My first thought it why not just use one antenna because the way the aironets work is they can […]
Just thought I would meantion this and give a link to a good site I have used quite a bit in the past. If you are in need of boosting your wifi signal by a good chunk take a look at this site http://www.hyperlinktech.com/ . They have all sorts of commerical antennas, cables, pigtails, adapters, […]
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