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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:32:46 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] WEP encryption, MAC filter

I noticed you signed up at LI WireFree; I was going to send you a 
personal note of thanks. :-)

Charles McCallister wrote:

>Lewis, 
>
>I opted for the SBC Yahoo DSL package for $29.95/month and already think it
>is  a good deal. I've communicated with a more senior tech this morning and
> confirmed the inability to filter on MAC addresses but they are planning
>to  update their firmware in the near future to even include WAP security,
>but I  suppose we all know what that may mean. <G> 
>
I think if I hear that same line from another manufacturer one more 
time, I'll just laugh out loud over the phone...! :-)

>Anyway, the firmware is flashable over the DSL connection, so we'll see.
>You  know, I think it's one of those situations where try as you might to 
>investigate hardware beforehand, you always seem to learn much more after
>you  own it. 
>
It seems to be the case more and more these days. I don't know whether 
it's the inability of the folks doing the (non)technical writing for the 
sales stuff, the web staff who can't seem to get it together, or 
outright lack of detail by the design staff, which is further exploited 
by the sales team to sell the stuff quickly (before anyone notices), but 
it's very, very frustrating. I ended up eating a couple routers that way 
a few moinths ago (almost ate...one is actually installed at a client 
site and the other is listed at Half.com for - guess what - about half 
of what I paid!). :'(

>BTW, I went to the Long Island blog site and signed up, saw a few posts and
>am  anxious to get the Mozilla Blog client for my new ThinkPad.
>
You can blog without it, too, remember.

> As much as
>I've  despised MS in the past, I find myself liking the new XP software.
>
I've found XP - through anectodal evidence; my only exposure to it has 
been to remove it (8 times) and install it clean (once) - to be a 
love/hate kind of thing.

>Once I get  a handle on it and get the system configured to my liking, I'm
>going to create  a disk image, reformat and load eCS v1.1 and begin
>experimenting with it. I  have a feeling it'll be a bit more involved (but
>I'm used to that by now) but  I feel the need to bang my forehead some
>more. <G> 
>
More fun on the horizon!

>Finally, I'm seeing some mention of SMC wireless routers and thought I'd 
>solicit opinions on which people are using and how they like their
>hardware. 
>
No experience with any of SMC's Wi-Fi stuff, but my overall opinion of 
their hardware from past experience has been rather sour. They're 
located right here on Long Island, too, and I've even been to their 
headquarters (wow, that was a while ago...). I have a buddy who used to 
resell quite a bit of their stuff, and so I was able to get my hands on 
scads of networking hardware on the cheap, but as I found that I 
couldn't really rely on it, I stopped. My web designer has a little SMC 
broadband router at home and he likes it, though by his own admission, 
he really hasn;t had any experience with anything else (but it has been 
reliable for him, as I'd be the guy to hear about it!).

-- 
Lewis
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