Thats what I thought. The building was un occupied today when this occured.
It is more likely to be Simple NMS crashing it. However Simple NMS crashes
but the airPoint has never failed before. Would mains glitches mess it up? I
can fit a UPS.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt Perrymman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:27 PM
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.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
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