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
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