Re: Private WiFi in hotel room; security/interference issues
Tim Maher <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.wireless.seattle.general |
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| Organization | Consultix |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 11:52:38AM -0600, Haudy Kazemi wrote: > One case where wireless may not suit your classes is if all the laptops > need to stream video simultaneously or transfer large files to and from > laptops. 802.11b has about 5.5mbps of usable shared bandwidth. We won't be streaming massive quantities of data (and BTW all machines will be capable of the higher-throughput /g too). > More comments inline below. Thanks! My comments/questions interspersed too. > > The WRT54G (avoid v5, G serials CDFBxxxx and GS serials CGN60xxxx) can do > MAC address filtering and WPA (linksysinfo.org can point you to 3rd party > firmware). In my area, the local Sam's Clubs have a decent stock of the > older units (CGN10, CGN30). The only model my Sam's has (that's not for USB hookup) is the WRT54GS-BP, with "SpeedBooster" (Item 136295). Is this one that you'd recommend? Does the SpeedBooster really help? > >Also, I assume that the laptops will be running some version of windows > >- if XP - DON"T let windows autoconfigure - manually set it up & it > >can't accidentally roam to another network. We'll be running Linux most of the time, but thanks for the warning. > BTW, hidden SSIDs make it easier for your Windows PCs to 'roam' to another > network, away from the hidden network. (I don't recommend the hidden SSID > route.) Interesting! /Insecurity/ through obscurity ... -Tim *-------------------------------------------------------------------* | Tim Maher, PhD (206) 781-UNIX (866) DOC-PERL (866) DOC-UNIX | | tim at ( Consultix-Inc, TeachMePerl, or TeachMeUnix ) dot Com | *-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-* | See http://teachmeunix.com for UNIX/Linux/Perl classes in Seattle | | Watch for my upcoming book: "Minimal Perl for UNIX/Linux People" | | See MinimalPerl.com for details, ordering, and email-list signup | *-------------------------------------------------------------------* _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk