[Wylug-help] Cheap wireless ethernet

[Stephen Patterson]

On 11 Dec 06, Chris Davies MBCS (chris.davies at bcs.org.uk) wrote:
> Paul Scorer wrote:
> >Do *NOT* forget to put some security on it. e.g. *don't* broadcast the
> >essid
 
> Arrgghh. Please *DO* broadcast the essid!

Seconded. I get random interference every few weeks as if one of the neighbours
is using the same frequency but hidden the essid so I can't see whats wrong.

> I'm convinced one of neighbours has hidden their essid and I don't have a 
> network card that will let me find out what they've done. Asking around 
> just gets me blank looks. I'm back to trying various different channels, 
> also trying to ensure I'm not tramping on someone else's network at the 
> same time.

From the ethereal docs, chan 6 should be good, its one of the 3 that don't
overlap as much as the others. I've found netstumbler handy but thats windows
only. 

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