Thanks for your imput, up and running, and yeah, I guess it is a bit faster. T
on 9/21/02 11:44 AM, Jkr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > yup 7.2 drivers will work with the 1400 with os 8.6 and 9.1 i had it on my > book but went bak to 9.1 i like it better but on to the wep question. > first off wep sucks(wep can be broken) it slows down your network all it > means is that if wep is off anybody driving around and finds your network, > they will be able to surf the net from there car as, long as you have your > individual computers with guest access turned off they wont get into your > puters. > (and dont make your passwords for the puters your home address or street > address or your last name to easy to figure out). > and please dont make your base station password an easy one thats the number > one killer to many times ive seen ap passwords set to the default of > admin.(lol),come on peeps cant you think of something a little more > original. the bottom line is just make sure guest access is turned off on > all puters on the network and they are passworded. > > hey if you dont believe me drive around your local town with your book and > your wirless card in monitor mode see how many networks you can find to surf > the net while driving around town (but remember hacking is against the > LAW<wired or wirless>) > > j. >> Brian >> After turning of WEP, and restarting my base station, it all worked...and >> with version 7.2 of the drivers...then turned of WEP on my 2400 with the >> skyline and that worked...NOW...my next question is, by disabling WEP, what >> EXACTLY does that mean...are people able to view my transactions, etc...have >> I given up security to make this work... >> Tahnks >> Tom >> >> on 9/21/02 10:12 AM, Brian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On the 1400 you have to use the 6.04 software install. See my post of >>> about 9-5-02 or so for detailed comments from the Lucent engineer/support >>> about this and the ftp site link to the older version. >>> >>> They said the 1400 would not work with 7.x version. They also said that >>> out of the box my Orinoco card might not have the latest firmware, but it >>> should be new enough to be OK regardless. >>> >>> Make sure you have WEP disabled for your first tests to rule out encryption >>> issues. >>> >>> Brian >> > -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
