Don Park wrote: > Possibly the best answer is to have a policy indicator in the beacon > packet that states the intent of the access point owner. Since we > don't have this in 802.11b, the next best thing could be to use an > essid of a community wireless group where its fairly well established > that the standard essid of the group is meant to indicate that free > open access is allowed. Better yet, all APs should have a captive portal page similar to NoCatAuth or NoCatSplash. It would allow you to warn anyone using your AP whether it were freely usable or not. Sputnik includes this in their APs. Here's a screenshot and demo. http://www.sputnik.com/docs/doc_cc2um/doc_img/cc20um_screen050.gif http://www.sputnik.com/products/demos.html Also see http://nocat.net/moin -Gary
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