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Re: IPW3945 With Etch



On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:10:11 +0200
Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
 
> [snip] 
> 
> I take the point about changing and hiding the name are different
> things. However, as some of the commenters on the blog cited by
> you point out, the situation may be different for a home LAN
> from a larger or commercial site.

Strictly speaking, those comments are wrong and (the one I read)
come from not very well informed people. But they actually have a
point, I believe that there may be far too much
concern about the security thing. The problem is that you never
know when the bad thing is going to happen. I stated before in
this list that I wouldn't have much trouble with my neighbours
connecting my network for a limited usage; I still hold this but I
changed my mind about allowing that to happen, after all we do not
live in an ideal world.

> Neighbours may connect to a
> broadcast ESSID even without meaning to; I've done this myself
> in the past and so have our neighbours, who kindly advised me of
> the fact. 

That can only happen if you leave the network completely open,
i.e. no encryption whatsoever. If, after all, you are not
concerned about security, you can just set WEP and you don't have
to hide any ssid. To be honest, when I first set my network up I
did actually hide the ssid broadcast, only to realize that it gave
me some problems and solved none. 

On the other hand, about my
comment about your neighbours' network overlapping yours because
they don't "see" it...well, in practical terms, I guess it will
always have to be yourself the one worrying with these things; I
doubt many people actually scan the ether in order to decide the
frequency channel of their wifi LAN.



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