Anthony Townsend has bolted wireless networking to his broadband connection, and is sharing it with the residents of his New York neighbourhood. The Village Voice covers his crusade to set up wireless Internet access zones: small areas, often called free networks, where people can tap into high-speed connections, without cables or phone lines, at no cost...
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There's an article on News.com about how the great wireless hope Bluetooth may be dead on arrival thanks to uptake of the 802.11b protocol.
Even this, however, may be in trouble as the villagevoice article went some way to pointing out. The wireless company networks that war-drivers have been able to sniff out are now open books after a New York university student cracked the encryption standard in under a week.
There's a souped up version (802.1x) on it's way, but how long before it's flaws begin to show too?
Posted by Anonymous on 16 Aug 2001 at 12:00 AM
So how does this all work. Say I set up a wireless network in my home so I could access the net/netwrok from any room in the house. What prevents my nextdoor neighbor from accessing my network with a suitably equiped computer. Is this where the key comes in, do this have to reside on all machines accessing the network?
If so though how does the guy in the Village Voice article sahre his network with strangers? Or has the article talked up what is basiccly a guy shareing his conection with the odd mate in a 50 foot area?
Dan...
Posted by Anonymous on 16 Aug 2001 at 01:24 PM
And yes I know my spelling is shit :p
Posted by Anonymous on 16 Aug 2001 at 01:25 PM
NTL are trialing Wireless Broadband in London. If you live in the area and fancy giving it a go click here..
They expect the service to cot around
Posted by Dan on 20 Aug 2001 at 03:28 PM
Fancy sniffing about your neighbour's WEP/802.11b network? Air Snort lets you literally grab network traffic out of thin air..
Posted by Anonymous on 21 Aug 2001 at 01:01 PM