[ale] Wireless Design Suggestions

[James P. Kinney III]

Bwahahahaha!!! I can see the headlines now:

Geek House Turns Spook House

Local authorities were mystified at the activity around this otherwise
quiet, suburban home. Police chief said, "We thought it was drugs, but
it wasn't. Everyone is clean. The neighbors were complaining of the
increased volume of traffic down the road. Most of the vehicles were
black vans with fiberglass tops and heavily darkened windows. They are
not ours."

"We were just so surprised to find out that our neighbor was such a
geek. He was always so nice and quiet" said next door neighbor, Matty
Marples.

....


On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 00:48, Geoffrey wrote:
> Ohhh, cool, a hacking/cracking seminar being set up right here... :)
> 
> I wonder how low and slow Bob can fly his plane whilst someone is 
> probing the airways from shotgun?
> 
> <Hey honey, there's 7 cars parked out front and a plane that keeps 
> circling the neighborhood....>
> 
> 
> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > 
> > Let me get setup properly and I'll give you an addr to see what you can
> > find :> Just remember your machine is fair game when I see you sitting
> > out in my culdesac and I'm see'ing odd traffic :>
> > 
> > 
> > Thus spake Benjamin Dixon (beatle at arches.uga.edu):
> > 
> > 
> >>Just to add to this list. A lot of the omnidirectional antennae have
> >>something of a donut type radiation pattern so if you put it too high up,
> >>you might overshoot areas immediately under your AP or have a weak signal.
> >>Also, on most of the APs I've seen you can disable the broadcasting of the
> >>SSID altogether which is probably a good idea. And where did you say
> >>you're setting this up? :)
> >>
> >>Ben
> >>
> >>On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Steve Long wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>My suggestions are:
> >>>
> >>>Change to password first.
> >>>Change the default channel.
> >>>Change the SSID.
> >>>Download the latest firmware and update it.
> >>>Log the hardware addresses of the NIC's and allow only the cards you own.
> >>>Add WEP to the highest level and try NOT to use a company or family name to
> >>>define the key.
> >>>For the greatest distance, physically place your transceiver high in your
> >>>house.
> >>>It has a range of about 300 meters.  The closer you are to it, the better
> >>>your speed, even within the 300M.
> >>>802.11a has better security and speed, and a higher price.   -for now.
> >>>The wireless routers I have seen have ports on the back for wired
> >>>connections inside your network.
> >>>If you use one of the DSL wireless routers, it will take the place of a
> >>>couple of boxes on your shelf.
> >>>I like using them because they are pretty much hassle free and they do the
> >>>DHCP server and NAT thing for me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Steve Long  CNE, MCSE
> >>>Sr. LAN Administrator
> >>>CB Richard Ellis - Atlanta GA.
> >>>(O) 404-923-1501
> >>>(H) 770-717-0205
> >>>(F)  928-222-9982
> >>>
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> >>
> >>Today's Random Quote--------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Latin is a language, As dead as can be. First it killed the
> >>Romans, And now it's killing me.
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> > 
> > 
> > :wq!
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
> >                                
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
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GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
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