Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:15:55 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel 2011 (802.11b) Message-ID: <20010105121555.I23398@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <978716893.3a5608ddbe45b@Mail.CafeMania.Net>; from eculp@EnContacto.Net on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:48:13AM -0800 References: <978716893.3a5608ddbe45b@Mail.CafeMania.Net>
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On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:48:13AM -0800, Edwin Culp wrote: > How does a person control access to the AP once installed? I know that I can > control most by adding the MAC's to a list but that isn't very dynamic. Is > there another way, just using a login and passwd? This is especially important, > now that you can buy wireless cards in office depot :-) You can force users to know the SSID to connect and you can use WEP. I don't know of any login/passwd solutions. I'm actually considering setting up a system where we place the APs on a private VLAN with the only way out being a PPPoE connection or an IPSec tunnel. This would provide access control and security and would basicaly eliminate any worries about link security. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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