[65467] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WLAN shielding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Barak)
Wed Nov 26 12:46:07 2003
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:41:10 -0800 (PST)
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFD31A5B6B.1F4BDAA9-ON80256DEA.005F8CD9-80256DEA.00600254@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
--- Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
>
> >Planning on limiting signal using a physical
> mechanism of some sort's
> just
> >a little too scifi to be useful.
>
> It's too much effort to shield the room itself, but
> you
> might want to try making the inverse square law work
> for
> you by shielding all of the wireless antennae so
> that
> the signal is too weak to travel more than a meter
> or two. Put extra shielded wireless access points on
>
> the conference tables so that everyone can place
> their
> laptops within range of a signal.
However, if you're talking about one room only, and
you're trying to prevent outsiders from sniffing, why
not just use a cheap workgroup switch/hub? Having to
buy multiple WAPs and insulate them quickly destroys
the wireless value-add...
-David Barak
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David Barak
-fully RFC 1925 compliant-
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