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Wireless Question...
Allen Kistler ackist...@yahoo.com comp security firewalls comp os linux security Ram Samudrala wrote: [snip] However, a wireless network changes all that. One need not be physically in a building to gain access to the network behind the firewall if the wireless network isn't configured correctly.

Anyone know wireless networks?
I get the balloon popup saying that there are wireless networks available. When I click on the systray icon I can see my basestation in the list. Then the same balloon pops up saying that there are wireless networks available again. I can repeat this as long as I want but I will never be able to actually

Wireless network adapter failure on Vista only after resume from s
Since there isn't an access point in your wireless network, you have an "Ad-Hoc" network, not an "Infrastructure" network. XP supports both wired and wireless networks on the same computer. In fact, it has a Network Bridge feature that lets you combine the networks so that all of the computers, wired or wireless,

Security issues with regards to wireless networks...
Any suggestions to keep my wireless on my network and not switching between the two? The continous switching confuses downloads and is just downright annoying... Thanks... 1. Right click your wireless network connection. 2. Click "View Available Wireless Networks". 3. Click Advanced. 4.

xp laptop no longer able to access home wireless network
Mike C mikecin...@yahoo.com Mikes-Computer-ProblemsSolution-tech-support A home wireless network is an easy and convenient way to share an Internet connection and other resources among the computers in your home. While a couple of people that I know leave their wireless networks available to anyone and everyone,

Setting up a wireless network
Will wireless transmit this far? Probably -- though you might need a system between the two routers, I don't know that for sure. However, one thing to consider is that wireless networks have a *serious* security problem. If you don't mind someone parking at the border to your property and using your network and

Wireless network bridge
I just received a new driver from Windowsupdate that gives my Linksys WPC11 wireless card native "Wireless Networks" in Windows XP Home Ed. I installed the driver, and it knocked out my Linksys drivers when it used Windows to configure the wireless settings. I was determined to make it work, and after a couple of

Wireless networks lure hackers; The war over 802.11x security
Back to the Wireless Network Connnection Properties window click on Wireless Networks (if you can't find this then try to right clcik the Wireless connection and Enable it) there you will find these options: [ ] Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings [ uncheck this if you are using the Linksys

OT: Wireless network
New York-based Verizon, the biggest US seller of wireless- phone service, might be interested in buying the companies' combined wireless operations to fill in gaps in its nationwide network, analysts said. Alltel operates wireless networks in states such as Kansas, Nebraska and Arkansas where Verizon mainly pays

Wireless networks abused by spammers
I have 2 Thinkpads - T40 and X60s - that have the exact same issue, as described below: After being connected to a wireless router for some time, the system loses the wireless connection. When trying to re-establish the connection (eg, repair mode on wireless or searching for available wireless networks) the system

Checking/Unchecking "Use Windows to configure my wireless ...
When you click on available Networks, it searches for all available signals and shows them. Since signals can "come and go" refreshing the View (as indicated above by David) would "Search" again, if you see your Wireless Network and can not connect to it means that your Wireless computer settings do not match the

adding wireless to a wired network
I was wondering how long it would take spammers to find that in busy metropolitan areas they could find and use unsecured wireless networks to do a quick fly-by-night spam run. I'm sort of surprised it took this long - given the publicity articles about the ability to do "drive-by hacking", with nothing more than a

Decent tools to evaluate a potential wireless network?
Look for the stuff on Mixed LANs (wired/wireless networks). I agree with Kent's statement about using a wireless access point (I have a laptop, a desktop PC and a Handspring Visor which connect to my Router/network through a wireless access point, with all of these machines/devices having Internet access,

Xbox Live and Wireless Networks
Verizon Wireless Selects Nortel Networks for US$1 Billion Network Expansion Media Contact Info Andrea Linskey andrea.lins...@verizonwireless.com 908-306-7845 Jamie Moody Nortel Networks moody...@nortelnetworks.com 972-684-7167 09/03/2003 Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's largest wireless network with 34.6

SBAY Wireless Network [periodic posting]
Windows XP has a checkbox 'Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings' in the 'Wireless Network Connection Properties' dialog (Wireless Networks tab). This checkbox allows Windows to override the settings on the wireless NIC with settings determined by Windows. I need to have direct control of the

Cannot view home network in "available wireless networks"
Is your home PC connected via wireless? 2. Can you see any neighbors wireless networks on the laptop with the "View available networks" or other tool (Wi-Fi Hopper, Netstumbler)? 3. Have you tried taking the laptop yet a different location such as a wireless hot spot and tried the Cisco VoIP? 4.

Help w/ Setting up Wireless Network
Wireless networking stops working (red X in network connection notification icon). Thereafter the ONLY way to get Vista to see any networks is to reboot. FPITA. Refresh wireless network list does NOT work. If IE7 doesn't encounter a webpage it doesn't like, can stay connected to my wireless network all day long.

Thinkpad wireless dropout
Sooner Al Soone...@somewhere.net.invalid microsoft public windowsxp network_web Additionally, here is a good article, by Barb Bowman (MS-MVP), concerning securing wireless networks at home. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/bowman/december03.asp -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please

Add wireless node to wired network. Help request.
My friend would prefer to go wireless as he moves around the flat all the time, so fixed wires aren't useful and loose ones are a death-trap to oldies (!). Makes sense. I like to wander around with the laptop too. Wireless networks aren't particularly more difficult to set up than a wired one.

connecting a printer to a wireless network?
Wait for the affected computer(s) to fail, and go to the "Control Panel", click on the "Network Connections" icon, right click on your wireless network device, select "View Available Wireless Networks", check "Allow me to connect to the selected wireless network even though it is not secure" if available,