As long as it was broadcasting an SSID he should be able to initial a connection, and then get prompted for a password. However that assumes he knows what he set the SSID to be (granted he could get that from the other PC) and that he has not enabled MAC address filtering.
________________________________ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 April 2008 20:11 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to easily identify wireless authentication method?? Couldn't your client just look at the network properties on his laptop to see how his personal computer is connecting to his AP? Joe Heaton ________________________________ From: cs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How to easily identify wireless authentication method?? Micheal, sorry to confuse you, to be honest I'm confused myself as to how a web-based tool would determine the wireless authentication method. :-) I guess I was thinking along the lines of an ActiveX control or similar that would run on the client. It wouldn't have to hack a WEP key or anything like that, just identify whether the WLAN is encrypted with WEP/WPA, etc. Just to put into context, I have a user who has forgotten how his WLAN is encrypted, and now he needs to connect his company-supplied laptop to the Interweb. His home PC connects with no qualms so I started thinking to myself that, rather than having to learn the unique "characteristics" of whatever wireless client he uses on his home PC, or talk him through connecting to the web interface on his router, I could just send him a URL to a web-based tool which would run and identify the encryption type. Using the information from this tool I could then send him a concise instruction on how to configure XP's WZC client to connect to the WAP. Hope that all makes sense, and apologies for not articulating the requirement in the first instance. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Ames Matthew B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Surely you need to run something on the local PC/laptop to determine that.... how is a web server going to know what sort of wifi connction your using (if at all)! ________________________________ From: cs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 April 2008 16:21 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How to easily identify wireless authentication method?? Hello all, Does anyone know of any tools/scripts that run from a website that will tell an IT luddite what wireless authentication method they're using, i.e. WEP (Open/Shared), WPA, WPA2, etc.? Hope that makes sense. The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
