the strangest thing....phantom network

02-22-2004

LAst summer I thought I was crazy when I kept picking up this oddly named peer to peer network. The really strange thing was that I would pick it up no matter where I was - even from miles away!

Now I know Im not crazy because it's happening again. This time I keep connecting to "airportthru" peer to peer at 54Mbs. Evrywhere I go - school, home, work, I have full bars. I never, however, receive any packets from it.

Whats going on here? My two room mates are picking it up too, so I know it's not only my computer.

Has anyone ever had anything like this happen before? How can I get rid of it? It automatically connects, and then I have to diconnect it first to connect to what I really want to connect to.

Madhadder · 02-22-2004

54Mb Huh... Well I hope your not trying to use this card with NS.
.
Check you config, if you are always connecting to the same AP's
then make profiles for them and do this that way. It sounds
like your Card is locking onto the strongest signal automactically,
cause you have the card/client config's as SSID:ANY instead of
what you should be using.

wrzwaldo · 02-22-2004

Sounds almost like this thread.

http://www.netstumbler.org/showthrea...&threadid=9639

King_Ice_Flash · 02-22-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by wrzwaldo
Sounds almost like this thread.

http://www.netstumbler.org/showthrea...&threadid=9639

Access denied... na, na, na, na na, nah

wrzwaldo · 02-22-2004

Bummer. I hate when that happens.

j5uh · 06-08-2004

ok .. im getting the same thing.. i keep getting airportthru .. whats is it???

G8tK33per · 06-09-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by j5uh

ok .. im getting the same thing.. i keep getting airportthru .. whats is it???

Search...the flames are close behind if you don't.

06-09-2004

a search for "airportthru" through these forums revelas only this thread, same with google.

Thorn · 06-09-2004

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http://forums.netstumbler.com/showthread.php?t=9754
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Quote:

Originally Posted by nilbog

a search for "airportthru" through these forums revelas only this thread, same with google.

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For cripe sakes. That's one of the stupidest things posted lately.
You search on the problem or issue, then go to specifics.
Read how to go about that here:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Searching the Forums

In your case the issue is a repeating or multiplying "peer to peer" network. (Peer to peer networks are also known as "Ad Hoc" networks.)

There are at least four keywords/keyphrases right there.
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02-22-2004	#1 (permalink)
nilbog Posts: n/a	the strangest thing....phantom network LAst summer I thought I was crazy when I kept picking up this oddly named peer to peer network. The really strange thing was that I would pick it up no matter where I was - even from miles away! Now I know Im not crazy because it's happening again. This time I keep connecting to "airportthru" peer to peer at 54Mbs. Evrywhere I go - school, home, work, I have full bars. I never, however, receive any packets from it. Whats going on here? My two room mates are picking it up too, so I know it's not only my computer. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen before? How can I get rid of it? It automatically connects, and then I have to diconnect it first to connect to what I really want to connect to.

02-22-2004	#2 (permalink)
Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	54Mb Huh... Well I hope your not trying to use this card with NS. . Check you config, if you are always connecting to the same AP's then make profiles for them and do this that way. It sounds like your Card is locking onto the strongest signal automactically, cause you have the card/client config's as SSID:ANY instead of what you should be using. __________________ Legends may sleep, but they never die!!!!

02-22-2004	#5 (permalink)
wrzwaldo I amuse you? Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 9,147	Bummer. I hate when that happens. Last edited by wrzwaldo : 02-22-2004 at 08:53 PM.

06-09-2004	#8 (permalink)
nilbog Posts: n/a	no dice a search for "airportthru" through these forums revelas only this thread, same with google.

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02-22-2004	#3 (permalink)
wrzwaldo I amuse you? Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 9,147	Sounds almost like this thread. http://www.netstumbler.org/showthrea...&threadid=9639

06-08-2004	#6 (permalink)
j5uh Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4	ok .. im getting the same thing.. i keep getting airportthru .. whats is it???