On a 700-watt microwave oven, there does not have to be much leakage to kill the receiver--58dBm is a LOT.
JH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Perrymman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > If a microwave is leaking badly enough to cause an AP to crash as you > describe, you've got bigger problems than an AP going down - you're being > cooked! There are pretty strict standards regarding microwave leakage that > make it highly unlikely that a microwave would cause this unless the AP is > located in the kitchen immediately adjacent to the microwave. > > At 04:05 PM 11/21/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >David, > > > >Unfortunately no Mac Donnals near by. It was the whole AP which went down! > >I am concerned that a Microwave oven could affect it. Surely there must be > >something wrong with it if it can crash an AP? I have been told that some > >people can pick up Radio 4 on their fillings. > > > >Wayland. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "David Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:35 PM > >Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > Perhaps it was a nearby MacDonalds having the MacAttack?? > > > > > > Microwave Ovens use the 2.4ghz range to cook food in them - therefore it > >is > > > possible that a microwave can cause interference with Mr customer surfing > > > the readers digest website. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:20 PM > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > You have to be kidding me massively! > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:21 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean that as it is definitley not the case or do you mean it as > > > > "you > > > > > have to be kidding me?" > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:15 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > surely not! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:38 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If is starts around the lunch hour is it possible that their is a > > > > > > microwave > > > > > > > that gets used around that time that is interfering? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 6:00 AM > > > > > > > Subject: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nightmare for all WISPs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Whilst monitoring with Simple NMS all my clients dropped off. > >The > > > > > bottom > > > > > > > > screen went red, except for my own locally connected airBridge. > >My > > > > > > > airBridge > > > > > > > > kept associating and disassociating. The APPO has been working > > > > > > unattended > > > > > > > > for months. Now two days in a row it has broken at 11am whilst I > > > > have > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > monitoring with Simple NMS. The quick fix was to gain access to > > > the > > > > > > > building > > > > > > > > and power cycle the device from the mains plug. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could this be some sort of attack? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Wayland. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >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 > > 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 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
