[Wylug-help] Cheap wireless ethernet

[Eagle Fire]

    Better use WPA2 instead of WEP. WEP is easily breakable, even 128.
It is true that hiding SSID is good for casual sneakers, however with
the right piece of open source software you can get it.


-tlec

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paul Scorer <pauls at scorer.homelinux.org>
> To: d.l.whiteley at ee.leeds.ac.uk
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:05:10 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Cheap wireless ethernet
> Clearly wifi!
>
> BUT
>
> Be aware that 802.11b will likely give you no more than 5Mbps at best,
> although this would be fine if
> * the wireless devices are strictly line of sight
> * they are not too far apart, say < 15m max
> * there is only one machine at the far end
>
> If there is only a single fixed machine at the far end, it may be
> possible to use a "wireless access point" at your end and a pci wireless
> card at the other.
>
> If it were me, I would put in 11g! I think you may even find it hard to
> get any 11b hardware now.
>
> WAPs are about £50 (for 11g - may be less now) and linux compatible :-)
> pci cards ~£20 (see also below).
>
> Do *NOT* forget to put some security on it. e.g. *don't* broadcast the
> essid; *do* use 128 bit WEP - these are not "secure"  but are better
> than nothing. Otherwise the porn police will be after _you_ when a
> war-driver "borrows" your connection.
>
> PaulS
>
> PS: I can sell you a _non_linux_ compatible pci card for ~£20 ono :-)
> [Broadcom chipset :-( ]
>
>
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 09:13 +0000, Dave Whiteley wrote:
> > Suggestions please.
> >
> > We have wired ethernet at home.  I want to extend this to include a friend's
> > house across our back lane.  Putting up an actual wire is not attractive or
> > really possible.
> >
> > I am doing this for semi-charitable reasons, so cost is very much an issue.
> >
> > I welcome suggestions for the best way to achieve a link. Most of our kit is
> > old 10Mb stuff.
> >
> > Dave
>
>
>
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