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On Wednesday 25 February 2004 21:52, Jonathan Melhuish wrote:
Somebody really ought to make a "wifi-hotspot" Debian superpackage that installs everything you need for a fully featured, secure public hotspot and has a nice easy debconf-based installation. Maybe I ought to have a look into creating some packages... I wouldn't know where to start.
Take a look at www.star-os.com It's not open source, but it is bloody good. Drivers are fantastic. We use this exclusively on our commercial systems, and it does work. As for just beating someone up - if they're any good you won't find 'em. In range can be a pretty long way with the right kit. I can easily pick up signals from bog standard AP's over 1/2 mile away. By the time you found me if you did, your email system would already be blacklisted :) Wireless is great fun to play with, and being able to bugger of to the park with the laptop and a few tins of beer in the summer takes some beating - but you do need security. After all you're liable for what happens with your connection. Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.