Wireless Question

[TJ]

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When a person is War Driving and finds an AP that is not using WEP, what
are some of the reasons one cannot get a connection to the Internet? The
local library, while free, requires the user to go to a particular URL to
begin accessing the Internet.

Thanks!
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TJ

 

[CW]

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There will be some sort of access control software requiring machines to
meet some specific criteria or as in your example, perform a specific
action before it will allow packets to be routed.
You may also find that the connection requires the use of a defined proxy
server to get access or only known MAC addresses are permitted connections.

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Colin
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[TJ]

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Thanks for the info.

On 12 Aug 2004 09:41:37 GMT, cw <cw@fidei.DEADco.uk> wrote:

>There will be some sort of access control software requiring machines to
>meet some specific criteria or as in your example, perform a specific
>action before it will allow packets to be routed.
>You may also find that the connection requires the use of a defined proxy
>server to get access or only known MAC addresses are permitted connections.

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TJ

 

[Walker]

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"TJ" <tj@home.com> wrote in message
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> When a person is War Driving and finds an AP that is not using WEP, what
> are some of the reasons one cannot get a connection to the Internet? The
> local library, while free, requires the user to go to a particular URL to
> begin accessing the Internet.

Basically, this is an access control mechanism. User needs to go a
particular
URL first to input his username/password to surf the Internet. In orther
words
user is forced to input his u/p. If not, he could only qualify for some
spciefied
URLs such as the library's web site, etc.

>
> Thanks!
> ---
> TJ