[buug] Regarding wireless access points

Nick Moffitt nick at zork.net
Thu Sep 4 15:12:47 PDT 2003


begin  Claude Rubinson  quotation:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 02:49:43PM -0700, Aaron T Porter wrote:
> > 	Assuming the university maintains ethernet jacks in open public
> > spaces (most do) and assuming you configure your wirless base
> > station as a bridge not a router, you should be mostly correct.
> 
> Excellent.  Anyone got any recommendations for base stations or
> should I just buy by price?

	Linksys WAP11s are pretty good straight bridges, and they even
have mostly-standard plugs for antennas.

	On the MAC address issue, consider that each wireless card
will need to be registered with the university.  Consider also that
people can sniff traffic and forge MAC addresses.  Consider still
further that that last bit is Not Your Problem.

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