Wireless Networking

The recession and you: has the economy changed your IT spending?

If you can spare about 10 minutes to take a survey I would love to hear about how the global recession is (or is not) c...

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posted by msurkan

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Wireless (Internet) Wiki (FAQ)

NEW HOME OF WIRELESS WIKI IS HTTP://WIRELESS.NAVAS.US A comprehensive resource on wireless access to the Internet, incl...

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posted by spamfilter1

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ALERT: WPA isn't necessarily secure

SUMMARY: WPA-PSK is vulnerable to offline attack. TO AVOID THE PROBLEM: USE A PASSPHRASE WITH MORE THAN 20 CHARACTERS....

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posted by spamfilter1

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Hey Jeff, can you look at these for me?

Jeff (or others if they know) can you take a look at these test reports and give me a better idea of which of these uni...

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posted by alfredeneuman

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Jeff on vacation?

Is Jeff on vacation. This group is pretty worthless as he is the only one who provides any good answers here.

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posted by hmmmm

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Real life Pepe le Pew?

In the spirit of the recent "Raccoons under the deck" thread I wish to report a back alley encounter which may or may n...

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posted by msg

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by msg

Belkin N1 Wireless USB Adapter (F5D8051 ver 2010uk) and Channel 13. Notes on Pre-N Notebook card (F5D8010 ver 1001uk), Wireless G Notebook card (F5D7011 ver 1000uk) and Wireless G Plus router (F5D7231-4 ver 3000uk)

To try to overcome problems with numerous local networks I set my router (a Belkin F5D8230-4 v2) to select channel auto...

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posted by effluent

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NEWS: iPhone security cracked, smacked and broken

3GS cheerfully decrypts itself at drop of a hat A researcher has delved into the encryption used to protect content on...

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posted by spamfilter1

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IMPORTANT!! Open-source firmware vulnerability exposes wireless routers

Open-source firmware vulnerability exposes wireless routers http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_rout...

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posted by Froggie

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NEWS: 802.11n Wi-Fi to be standardised... at last

It's only taken the best part of decade, but 802.11n Wi-Fi looks finally like becoming a standard this coming September....

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posted by spamfilter1

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Opinions on which PCMCIA for lowest CPU utilization?

Hi, I'm cleaning up an old laptop (a Toshiba Portege) to give away to a friend who needs one, mainly just for web brows...

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posted by ohaya

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Problems with logging into public WiFi

For the mostpart logging into a hotel's WiFi network is a simple affair and it frequently just automatically connects a...

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posted by clintonstreet3

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by clintonstreet3

Basic WiFi Security question

Some sites I log into will show the lock icon in Internet Explorer as soon as the site comes up. Others show the lock i...

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posted by clintonstreet3

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by clintonstreet3

XP SP2 Computer on wireless network loses permissions to share files and folders

I have a computer with XP SP2 that loses the sharing almost every time that an update is received from Microsoft. It is...

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posted by newdoverman

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Welcome Mat Gone

I have been using what I think is a public AP that one of my neighbors turned me on to. Was working fine, then suddentl...

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posted by bumblbee7

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by bumblbee7