Date: 17 Jan 2001 09:29:58 -0800 From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@speedy.rtfm.com> To: simon@surf.org.uk Cc: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <kjofx6ozmx.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com> In-Reply-To: Simon Loader's message of "Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:06:11 %2B0000" References: <20010117162929.A58519@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com> <20010117165843.A58911@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3A65D103.D815E92@herculeez.com>
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Simon Loader <simon@herculeez.com> writes: > Rasputin wrote: > > > > * Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net> [010117 16:43]: > > > Hi Rasputin, > > > > > > I bought the Orinoco (Lucent WaveLAN cards - the "Gold" version ). > > > I used an old 486/100 with 16MB ram and a 500MB drive and this paper: > > > > > > http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html > > > > > > It works great. My base station is in the basement and I can use it > > > from all over the house and part way down the street ( the cards say > > > they work up to 1700 feet - outside ). > > > > > > > Cheers Andrew, that'll do me fine. One more question: > > With a range like that, how do you stop Evil Granny Smith > > at number 23 from sniffing your network traffic? > > > > Is there crypto built into the IEEE802.11 spec? > > And is it any good? > > > > With the gold version there is I think silver doesnt They both have it but it's not very good. The silver is ostensibly 56-bit and the gold is ostensibly 128 bit but it's done badly and thus relatively easy to compromise. -Ekr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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