On 10/19/2011 12:30 PM, Curtis Villamizar wrote:
In message<28269.1318994...@marajade.sandelman.ca>
Michael Richardson writes:
"Curtis" == Curtis Villamizar<cur...@occnc.com> writes:
Curtis> A WiFi AP will not connect to another AP and wireless
Curtis> routers are typically AP by default. So if two wireless
Curtis> routers autoconfig to being AP and using open routing, then
OUT OF THE BOX: not every device plugged into a home network have
no prior configuration. For instance, someone bringing a newsed
device to grandma's house.
He who configures it needs to fix it. Or press the factory default
button (if there is one). The example is two AP. Most AP can be
restored to factory default with a button press.
What happens if you have two of them and they're BOTH configured to boot
as the "master" home access point?
...
Curtis> there is only a risk if something that is an WiFi client is
Curtis> also a configured to be a router.
Yes, but we want to assume that at least one of these will be configured
as a router as a default, which means we KNOW someone will turn on two
of them....
On BSD and I suspect Linux as well, the default for:
net.inet.ip.forwarding
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding
are both zero.
Right, but that cannot be the default for a homenet box.
Joe
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