I actually use a handful of NetGear 614v6's in this fashion as cheap temporary APs for special events. At $40 apiece, it's not a huge tragedy if one gets lost. I have a similar unit from "AirLink 101", which I cannot use in the same way, precisely because turning off the built-in DHPC server doesn't work. On the NetGears, it works fine. (I only ever put these on the VLAN screened by our BlueSocket captive portal.)
The NetGears *do* try to get the current time via NTP back to a server run by NetGear, so it's easy to watch for *that* traffic and so detect any others that show up unexpectedly.... David Gillett > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Bulk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Rogue AP's > > Right, but if they do that the AP will be responding to DHCP > requests, and > *that* will be something that can be found. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Curtis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Rogue AP's > > On Apr 12, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: > > > > > > > FB> Bridge APs, as mentioned earlier, can be nearly invisible. > > Fortunately, they aren't very popular in retail stores. > > > It's usually easy to use the NAT-box/AP combos as a Bridge > AP. If students understand how they work and don't simply > follow the instructions that come with the units they can use > a NAT-box/AP as a Bridge AP. > > --- > Bruce Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Certified NetAnalyst II 701-231-8527 > North Dakota State University > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
