[ubuntu-za] Netgear WG111T and Dapper

[Robert Schumann]

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 12:46 +0200, Simon Fishley wrote:
> On 6/22/06, Chames, Jeremy <JChames at distell.co.za> wrote:
> > Also getting the blue flashing light, plus can see wlan0 in network
> > manager before reboot. But not getting any communication with router.
> > Suspect it might be something to do with WEP vs WPA? Anyone? I thought
> > Dapper was supposed to make wireless connectivety a cinch?
> 
> I am not using the WG111, rather a PCMCIA WG511T and it was with a
> ceratin amount of surprise that I booted my Dapper install for the
> first time and found the card works perfectly with no tweaking
> whatsoever required! I am not using WEP/WPA - rather just controlling
> access based in my AP by MAC address.

Two things to be aware of in using "security" via MAC address:
1. It is not encrypted, so someone sitting in their car outside your
house will be able to sniff traffic.
2. Spoofing of a MAC address - particularly by someone sitting listening
in to your traffic from their car - is trivially easy.

You may want to rethink WEP/WPA - although I've found WPA to be a bit of
a pain, I still use it.

Robert.