Re: One more try !

[Martin Howell <martin.howell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm, lucky for me I live in a back lane in a little
village, script kiddies would be a) unlikely to find us, and
b) they would be pretty obvious if they did.  I think I'll
stick with the present system for a while longer, but thanks
for the info.

Martin

Marc R. Fuller wrote:
> Hey martin,
>
> Although MAC address filtering will deter most non pc types, a quick
> google seach can bring up many easy methods of spoofing mac addresses,
> and cracking WEP. I have a mate that runs a business doing pc repairs
> for the home market, and he's run into hacked wifi's many times.
> Unfortunately WEP and MAC filtering just doesn't stop the script
kiddies
> today :\
>
> Cheers
>
> Marc
> Martin Howell wrote:
>> Couldn't you set up the access point to only respond to
>> pre-defined MAC addresses, or is that not secure enough?
>> Hope it is,cos thats what I'm doing!
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> Marc R. Fuller wrote:
>>> Nice, that's a wealth of information :D
>>>
>>> I thought about another access point running WEP but that
would still
>>> leave me with the problem of a very unsecure network :\
>>>
>>> I'm going to have a good read of all those links and see what
I can
>>> figure out. Cheers Tim :)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim Hawes wrote:
>>>> I have an Orinoco Gold but I don't think that supports WPA
either. How
>>>> about a second access point just for the Fuji running WEP,
possibly
>>>> with a VPN connection too?
>>>>
>>>> I've just googled a bit and it may be possible to get WPA
from a Cisco
>>>> Aironet 350 adaptor card (16 bit), but only if you run Win
2k or XP.
>>>> I found my way to this page:
>>>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps441/prod_technical_reference_list.html
>> <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps441/prod_technical_reference_list.html>
>>
>> <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps441/prod_technical_reference_list.html
>> <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps441/prod_technical_reference_list.html>>
>>>> Then by clicking the 2nd link you can get a PDF called
"Deployment
>>>> Guide: Configuring the Cisco Wireless Security
Suite":
>>>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps4076/c2001/ccmigration_09186a0080223ad2.pdf
>> <http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps4076/c2001/ccmigration_09186a0080223ad2.pdf>
>>
>> <http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps4076/c2001/ccmigration_09186a0080223ad2.pdf
>> <http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps4076/c2001/ccmigration_09186a0080223ad2.pdf>>
>>>> Check out the note at the bottom of the
"prerequisites" section :-(
>>>>
>>>> I also found this post:
>>>>
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2005-February/001456.html
>> <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2005-February/001456.html>
>>
>> <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2005-February/001456.html
>> <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2005-February/001456.html>>
>>>> which suggests it's possible with a Cisco Aironet 340. And
Linux.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not aware of anyone who's installed Linux on their
Fuji. It's
>>>> something I'm toying with as I will only need browser
access and the
>>>> tablet doesn't have huge horsepower...
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>>
>>>> Tim.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/24/07, Marc R. Fuller <groups@xxxxxxx
>> <mailto:groups%40serenitymeadow.com>
>>>> <mailto:groups%40serenitymeadow.com>>
wrote:
>>>>> Hmmm that's interesting. I wonder if it's the
Enterasys firmware
>> that's
>>>>> causing the problem :\
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc
>>>>>
>>>>> Stuart Poulton wrote:
>>>>>> hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ENTERASYS Networks "Roamabout" is an
Orinoco Silver card. Just
>>>> with
>>>>>> an entersys firmware on it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure it helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stuart
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 11:13 +0100, Rob Mouser
wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Marc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have no idea if this helps but I know those
fuji's were popular
>>>>>> with the Orinoco Silver cards. If it does what u
want u are
>> welcome to
>>>>>> it as its sat ina box. I'm sure someone here can
answer if that card
>>>>>> helps.
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>> (Via mobile)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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