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08-25-2001

Hey, just dropping everyone a line. My town (galesburg, Illinois) is going to be getting wireless soon. In 2 major points. 1. Carl Sandburg College, and 2. Tri-Loutions (www.galesburg.net), so i thought of the implecations wireless brought with it and started to fall in love, while i myself dont have the equipment (@ the moment) to do any wireless exploring i would still like to learn as much as possible.

08-25-2001

I went to the links section and went to the new link: bitshift, and saw they gave a rugh estamit of what to buy to get into this. Just wanting to know what others had, and they listed a hand held... what about something like a laptop? Thanx in advance for putting up with someone so new. I maybe should have read the FAQ in advance... Ill go read that now.

/systemd0wn

08-25-2001

Hey 0wned, youve been post0ring like crazy!

Recently i ordered a lucent wavelan card from ebay for 55 dollars, so i will plug that into my laptop and steal some bandwidth from my high school

hope thats not illegal !

08-25-2001

way da be!

ya, i post like crazy cuz im REALY interested in this. Sounds awsome. Although i have nothing that will get me closer to going wireless (laptop, card, etc...) i hope to save up my money. But whats going to happen when things get moved to bluetooth? i mean, are they going to get rid of the oprotunities we have to randomly access he internet? And how do VPN's make it more wireless more secure. ill have to ask an admin i know if u guys dont wana explain?

thanx.

/systemd0wn

08-27-2001

Bluetooth is O an issue. BlueTooth is a technology for SHORT range comms - it's NOT a competitor with 802.11.

As for your town only having two access points - don't bet on it :-) I'd be willing to bet that if you drove aorund withan 802.11 card and a decent antenna that you'd find lot's more sites that no one realizes are there and that might not be very well protected (sigh).

/soapbox

Like cordless phones and baby monitors people think that just because their little receiver can't go more than 20feet without losin signal that others can't pick them up either. That's pretty stupid but there you are! Kripes, baby monitors are worse than 802.11 stuff - it's like bugging your own home. And be careful about warning anyone you might pickup like that too - they tend to get VERY angry when you point out they've been stupid and blame YOU for THEIR problems. This sort of thing is why I've been very hesitant to warn any of the 802.11 sites I've found that are screwed up....

\soapbox

Anyway, probably lot's more wirelees around you than you realize..

08-25-2001	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	New to NETSTUMBLER.com Hey, just dropping everyone a line. My town (galesburg, Illinois) is going to be getting wireless soon. In 2 major points. 1. Carl Sandburg College, and 2. Tri-Loutions (www.galesburg.net), so i thought of the implecations wireless brought with it and started to fall in love, while i myself dont have the equipment (@ the moment) to do any wireless exploring i would still like to learn as much as possible.

08-25-2001	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	what to buy? I went to the links section and went to the new link: bitshift, and saw they gave a rugh estamit of what to buy to get into this. Just wanting to know what others had, and they listed a hand held... what about something like a laptop? Thanx in advance for putting up with someone so new. I maybe should have read the FAQ in advance... Ill go read that now. /systemd0wn

08-25-2001	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Crazy D00d! Hey 0wned, youve been post0ring like crazy! Recently i ordered a lucent wavelan card from ebay for 55 dollars, so i will plug that into my laptop and steal some bandwidth from my high school hope thats not illegal !

08-25-2001	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	haha way da be! ya, i post like crazy cuz im REALY interested in this. Sounds awsome. Although i have nothing that will get me closer to going wireless (laptop, card, etc...) i hope to save up my money. But whats going to happen when things get moved to bluetooth? i mean, are they going to get rid of the oprotunities we have to randomly access he internet? And how do VPN's make it more wireless more secure. ill have to ask an admin i know if u guys dont wana explain? thanx. /systemd0wn

08-27-2001	#5 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Bluetooth != 802.11 Bluetooth is O an issue. BlueTooth is a technology for SHORT range comms - it's NOT a competitor with 802.11. As for your town only having two access points - don't bet on it :-) I'd be willing to bet that if you drove aorund withan 802.11 card and a decent antenna that you'd find lot's more sites that no one realizes are there and that might not be very well protected (sigh). /soapbox Like cordless phones and baby monitors people think that just because their little receiver can't go more than 20feet without losin signal that others can't pick them up either. That's pretty stupid but there you are! Kripes, baby monitors are worse than 802.11 stuff - it's like bugging your own home. And be careful about warning anyone you might pickup like that too - they tend to get VERY angry when you point out they've been stupid and blame YOU for THEIR problems. This sort of thing is why I've been very hesitant to warn any of the 802.11 sites I've found that are screwed up.... \soapbox Anyway, probably lot's more wirelees around you than you realize..

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