X-UIDL: 49 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com Received: from mail.2rosenthals.com (localhost [127.0.0.1] ) by mail.2rosenthals.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) ; Wed, 14 May 2003 03:44:16 -0500 Received: from mail1.no-ip.com (goodyear.vitalwerks.com [64.156.198.155] ) by mail.2rosenthals.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) ; Wed, 14 May 2003 03:44:14 -0500 X-Envelope-To: Received: (qmail 7859 invoked by uid 89); 14 May 2003 07:44:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO e1.ny.us.ibm.com) (32.97.182.101) by mail1.no-ip.com with SMTP; 14 May 2003 07:44:04 -0000 Received: from d12relay02.de.ibm.com (d12relay02.de.ibm.com [9.165.215.23]) by e1.ny.us.ibm.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h4E7i7Wn205630 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 03:44:08 -0400 Received: from d12ml009.de.ibm.com (d12ml009_cs0 [9.165.223.37]) by d12relay02.de.ibm.com (8.12.9/NCO/VER6.5) with ESMTP id h4E7i5ps291022 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 09:44:05 +0200 Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D12ML009/12/M/IBM(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at 14/05/2003 09:44:05 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 03:44:15 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5 X-OldDate: Wed, 14 May 2003 08:51:01 +0200 Sender: os2-wireless_users-owner X-Listname: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Reply-To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com From: "Oliver Mark" To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: WAP Broadcast, etc. X-List-Unsubscribe: Send email to mailusers-request@2rosenthals.com X-List-Owner: mailusers-owner@2rosenthals.com Not neccessarily true. There are ways to use "ANY" as the SSID ;-) Rumours says, that "some" drivers can do that. Oliver. On 14.05.2003 01.37.34, "BBF Tech. Support" wrote in OS/2 Wireless Users List: WAP Broadcast, etc.: >THat's not the point - the point is he didn't need to know the SSID - his IMAC >told him what it was. >None of the PC based software I have seen , NetGear, Cisco, USR, does that - >you need to know the SSID or you get nowhere.. > > > > >On Tue, 13 May 2003 22:11:13 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5, Mark Davis wrote: > >> >>On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 21:36 US/Central, BBF Tech. Support wrote: >> >>> My son came home with his IMAC a few weeks ago, which he uses to >>> connect to his schools wireless network. When he came home, his IMAC >>> found my >>> network and connected. How it know? >> >>Wireless networks announce their presence. You network is not secured >>properly if someone can just connect to it without knowing a password. >> >>> What are the features / programs / configuration that allows this to >>> happen? >> >>Depends on your WAP. You should read the documentation. Also see >>http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/IEEE/ >> >>Mark Davis >>San Angelo, TX >> >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >>"unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >>(omit the quotes). >> >>For help with other commands, send a message >>to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >>"help" in the body (omit the quotes). >> >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> >> > > >Allan L. Stephan (Al) >Director ITS >BBF >Largo, FL >OS/2 loves ya baby! > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >(omit the quotes). > >For help with other commands, send a message >to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"help" in the body (omit the quotes). > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=