Wireless

I think ive finally decided on what Radio to use for the ISP Services. I Have several (20+) Cellsites and am planning on using Sector Antennas at each cell for the Clients to connect to. I have a couple quick questions before I start ordering tomorro...

Hi, all. I have 2 servers with w2000 server and Cisco ACS, i made a policy that blocks the user accounts after 3 failed logon attemps. When a user put his password wrong, the account blocks at the first time. Why? ANy idea?Thanks...

I am trying to get XP w/350 card communicating to an AP350 and Cisco ACS (for authentication) using EAP but I am not successful.Any hints on what I need to use EAP on XP with this setup? I have a Win98 client working fine (w/LEAP).Must one have a Mic...

So I see in the release notes of the latest AP firmware that there are 2 new security enhancements. One is the Message Integrity Checking (MIC) and the other is the WEP key hashing which is suppose to defend against attacks that use the initializatio...

I am currently completing a research study as part of a BSc degree in Business Information Systems Management at Bournemouth University, UK. The topic of this research study focuses on security within 802.11b wireless LANs.To complete my research stu...

I saw this from another mailing list. We now have a many AP's installed at our HQ. While the Cisco solution seemed to be the best solution when I started researching; how worried should I be now?Did you see the new posting about the flaws in 802.1X?F...

Hi,I was trying to get this card to work with freeBSD and talk to my other 802.11b cards (mostly orinoco)Anyways, I couldn't get it to work in infrastructure mode (BSS/AP mode?). If I took infrastructure mode off (peer to peer/ad hoc?) I could ping b...

I have a client that has a WAN with both 340 and 350's. The problem is, the wireless cards they have are not WEP enabled. Is there a way to still have a secured WLAN, maybe a third party software or device. They run IP, IPX, and Appletalk.

I am trying to connect our network which uses 192.xxx.xxx.xxx scheme to our clients network which uses 10.xxx.xxx.xxx. Is there a way to configure the bridge to do this or do I need a router?

With the Cisco server based authentication security scheme, is the broadcast WEP key identical for all clients in that particular RF cell?

Hi,I have a Cisco 340 card in my laptop and a Linksys WAP11 AP, I can connect to the AP when my laptop is set to auto speed, but when I change the speed to any of the manual speeds I cannot assosiate to the AP anymore. I have the latest firmware, no ...

How do I change the channel set to ETSI ? Can this only be done at the factory ?

We have Cisco 340 and 350 AP's installed in our plant. We aren't having any complaints, but while doing a site survey I noticed that the signal strenght is high but the signal quality is low. Is there something to be concerned about and if so what ca...

Does anyone know where I can get a good description of how DSSS works compared to FHSS? I would like to be able explain it ways that my wife could potencially understand how it works ? All the information that I've read is a little difficult to expla...

We have a site that is purchasing an AP350 and would like to have Apple IMAC Airport cards access the unit. Does anyone out there have any knowledge using this configuration and are there any gotcha's to look out for. Thanks