Jan Ritzerfeld wrote:
Am Samstag, 1. März 2008 schrieb Fred A. Miller:
[...] KNetworkmanager is flacky at times, that is with some wifi it just won't do what it's supposed to. ;) For example, it won't work with the Intel 3945 chipset with the ipw3945 driver if using WPA for security and the access point is hidden. Most of us know that WEP is worthless!! [...]
Hiding your access point is worthless:
I know that, but there are sites that I don't control, or where management has mandated they be hidden even though I've setup security with WPA-AES.
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3576541 http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1554/how_to_detect_non_broadcasted_hidden_ssi...
Even worse, it might make your clients more insecure:
If you don't use WPA, it's worthless. Fred -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org