the article states that the WiFi wireless does offer encryption from the access point to the card... although not fool proof it does offer a level of protection...
Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:42:03 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL Glad to help. Its an interesting concept, I am concerned about the security issues though. When cable modems were first starting up there were security concerns because of the cable nodes were considered to be on the same local network. A friend of mine tried it when he got a cable modem and yes he was able to check out some of his neighbour's files. The neighbour didn't believe him until Ted game him printed copies of some of the guy's very bad poetry. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:21:09 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > Scott, > > You may want to check out this article from the Washington > Post about a week > ago. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60405-2002Apr27.html > > To quote: > -- > Don Bailey's philosophy is that Internet access should be fast, cheap, > democratic and convenient. But in his town-house development > near Sterling, > none of that was true. After losing battles -- with Verizon > Communications > Inc. for a DSL line and Adelphia Communications Corp. for > high-speed cable > -- he decided to take his neighborhood's broadband matters > into his own > hands. > > In March, he custom-ordered a $499-a-month super-high-speed > connection -- a > T-1 line -- with enough capacity to service a large office > building. ("I was > going to get a race car this year, but instead I got a high-speed > connection," he said.) > > Now, Bailey's like the enterprising kid with the lemonade stand on the > corner, except that what he's offering is a new wireless > Internet service > beaming from his house for $50 a month, so far to five of his > neighbors. > Word of mouth has brought four or five more neighbors to > Bailey's virtual > door seeking to get in on the fun. He even offers free access > -- about 30 > minutes of Web-surfing time -- to anyone able to pick up his > wireless signal > within 100 yards of his house. > -- > > I'm starting to investigate costs right now, but at the next > Home Owners > Association meeting I'm going to make a similar proposal. I'd > love the idea > of a t-1 line straight to my house. > > However from what I understand, 802.11 has a relatively short > range - much > less than a mile. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:10 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > > > Anyone worked with wireless Internet? I have a customer that > > will let me hook > > up a wireless point to their T1 so I can get internet from > > my house ( I live 1 > > mile away) but I didn't know what this would involve in > > getting it hooked up... > > Anyone out there dealt with this? There isn't anything > > between us out of the > > ordinary... few trees and homes.. thats about it. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists