-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 all 802.11b WEP is worthless.. 40bit takes several hours to break, and 128bit only takes a few more than that. the only way to properly secure the DATA across a wireless network is to use an encrypting protocol, ssh, http+ssl, or ipsec. to prevent access to a wireless network, you must use 802.1x, or a "wirewall" they only AP's that I know of that support running more than one ESSID from one base station, is cisco's 1100/1200 gear. othwise, if you wanted to run two cheap AP's on the same antenna, this would work fine as long as they are split in terms of frequency, one on channel 1, the other on 11. - -ben "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Leif Pihl wrote: > * Any problems so far with my interpretations? > > *** Is it possible to run _TWO_ "Zones" or networks on the same > pieces of base-station hardware? > - One with no WEP turned on, for public use, and > - One with HIGH WEP turned on, for private use? > > > > Leif at Pihl.us > > > -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFACFAPflzKmtpiQEMRAp6OAKCNrNPAYqsrmdxj36Y9XIsXQZFv0QCgmnXY e8y69jn9RtKeV7q9pHWJcAc= =tqFI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list