> A number of us have wireless nodes in and around Dunkirk now too for
> laptops - anyone else in the Dunkirk region wanna join a wireless VLAN?
>
Have you seen this weeks issue of Computing..
There is an article in Networks bit about Geeks in London "WarChalking",
reveling free wireless hotspots..
"The symbols are written down on the pavement to indicate whether the
wireless network is open, closed or encrypted. Above the symbol is the
network's serviceSetID...below is th amount of bandwith on offer..."
http://www.blackbeltjones.com/warchalking/
There is even a handy (although pdf) access point card...
Other articles..
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t355-s2118000,00.html?rtag=home_networking
http://www.techsoup.org/news_article.cfm?newsid=973
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