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Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 23:37:34 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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Subject: 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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