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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: WLAN shielding
--- [email protected] 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 ===== David Barak -fully RFC 1925 compliant- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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