Re: [MLUG] Looking 4 mad cheap PCI wireless cards

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Maybe not, but that's where the *construed* comes in :)  Try explaining 
that it's not hacking to some dentist's office manager...

-N

Daniel Nowlin wrote:

> I have been thinking of doing this.  You know it is not hacking if you 
> just make a connection (via something like net stumbler) and then 
> disconnect. This has been proven on TSS (The Screen Savers).
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Mess
> age ----- From: "Nathan Odle" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> To: "MLUG Members" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 18:14
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] Looking 4 mad cheap PCI wireless cards
>
>
>> This has been contemplated to death.  The general concensus is that a 
>> professional sort of outfit wouldn't want to do anything that could 
>> remotely be construed as hacking (unless of course they're 
>> hackers-for-hire!).
>>
>> -N
>>
>> Fallert, Adam Christian wrote:
>>
>>> Ya know... that Tech on Wheels company is missing out on a huge market.
>>> They could make a killing buy driving around and finding open wireless
>>> networks and then offer to lock them up.
>>>
>>> It would certainly prevent network theft!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
>>> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Schmidt
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:45 PM
>>> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
>>> Subject: [MLUG] Looking 4 mad cheap PCI wireless cards
>>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I'm getting into wireless in a major way. Built a Pringles (c)antenna
>>> and hooked it up to my Mac. I was able to scoop Internet connectivity
>>> from all over town from my roof. Most of the APs names were "linksys",
>>> "d-link", and the like. It's scary to think that most of the passwords
>>> on those APs are still the default. But I'm not going to go snooping.
>>>
>>> Well, not much ;-)
>>>
>>> I'm wanting to do away with my $45/month cable connection with a $2
>>> can of Pringles and some coax. But I don't want to buy a wireless
>>> router. I want to hook up a PCI wireless card to my Linux crapbox and
>>> create an ad-hoc (p2p, whatever) network.
>>>
>>> Question: Can you guys point me in the direction of a cheap (and I
>>> mean mad cheap--I'm hella poor) PCI card? OR EVEN BETTER would you
>>> want to trade for a Compaq PCMCIA wireless card? OR EVEN EVEN EVEN
>>> BETTER, check out my list of stuff below and trade me for an old AP.
>>>
>>> I'm always down for trading in general. Here's a short list of some
>>> stuff I've got:
>>>
>>> Compaq PCMCIA wireless card
>>> 2 Monitors
>>> Dazzle Digital Video Creator (USB)
>>> Compaq base station for most Compaq laptops (pre 2003)
>>> CLEAN software licenses and software (Office, Flash, Word 2K, Win 
>>> 95-2K,
>>> more)
>>> Cold cathode light
>>> USB laptop mouse
>>> Tons o' fans
>>> Graphics cards (AGP, PCI)
>>> Sound cards (PCI, ISA)
>>> Processors (PI, PII, AMD)
>>> RAM
>>> Yamaha drum machine (Christian Cepel may already have dibs on this)
>>> V-drums with Alesis brain
>>> 2 practice guitar amplifiers
>>> Novell Linux Technical Resource Kit (FREE! Yes! It sucks!)
>>>
>>> Be sure to respond off-list.
>>>
>>> Thanks folks!
>>>
>>> Matt
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