This is slightly OT... FIRST...a little background:
I have a pure sB wireless network. ALL of my clients are connected via an airBridge or airPoint. I obviously do not provide any information about our network to my clients, nor do they have admin rights to the sB device. Therefore, the network is pretty locked down...which does not allow clients to sniff wireless traffic (without first cracking WEP) because they can NOT put the sB device into promiscuous mode. I will NEVER have the need to allow non-paying customers to access my network either (hotspot webpage login). I currently use WEP and MAC internal authentication (although I will soon move to external RADIUS). I deploy SOHO routers at EVERY client home which is located between the sB device and the client internal network. I assign static IPs to EVERY sB device and client router. Therefore, there are only 2 IPs seen from any one of my clients (sB device and router). My SOHO router that I deploy at EVERY client has web based admin authorized from ONLY my NOC IP addresses. This allows me to not only manage all the devices remotely, but it also allows me to PING the internal network (beyond the sB device) to prove that the sB device is passing traffic to the wired LAN. Piece of mind for me. The SOHO routers have built-in PPPoE that I "could" enable if I want to. My question is this....Why should "I" use PPPoE for "THIS" network? 1. Does it provide more security? (not really, I think) 2. Or would the only reason be for bandwidth limiting (which I currently can not do)? I do NEEEEEED bandwidth limiting, but the new XO radios will do this. So...really...does the use of PPPoE provide any greater level of security? If someone manages to crack my WEP, then sniff someone's IP and MAC, then bumps that client off the network and assumes their identity, would PPPoE stop them from surfing? Who would really care at that point?? Does PPPoE use encrypted LOGIN? I just don't see the need right now.....any advice would be greatly appreciated? Sully ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
