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  From: Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
  To  : linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:23:28 +0930

Re: Wireless cards

Richard Russell wrote:

> I also
> wonder about security for these things -- I'd rather the neighbours
> couldn't leech from my ADSL account... 

As of yet, I have not had the opportunity to play with a wireless card
in a desktop Linux system - it's mostly been in P-to-P wireless gear.

However, I have seen that home office type units like the Apple AirPort
allow you to require that the wireless network name that a client
presents be correct to allow access.

Are there options for the Linux drivers to do a similar thing with the
wireless network name? Okay, it's security through obscurity, I know....


Perhaps you should set up FreeS/WAN on your main wireless router, so
that you can authenticate all the hosts that want packets via the
wireless network?


Cheers,

-- 
Andrew Hill

"Being attractive was never part of my game plan." - 2001-03-28

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