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Completes the Acquisition of

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Enters into Agreement to Acquire Fatport Corporation from Ignition Point Technologies Corp….More 21, FatPort and University of BC Partner for Trial Visitor Access at UBC Campuses…More 13, MTS Allstream Partners with FatPort for WiFi Rollout…MoreNews release archive Privacy Security Customer Service Agreement We currently serve wide range of business sectors including hotels, cafs, airports, hospitals and libraries, which means we can service YOUR business. Completes the Acquisition of Fatport Corporation…More 25, Powerstar International Inc. Join the Wireless Revolution! FatPort is Canadas original and largest independent turnkey WiFi Internet solution.

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FatPort Corporation. We currently serve wide range of business sectors including hotels, cafs, airports, hospitals and libraries, which means we can service YOUR business. Completes the Acquisition of Fatport Corporation…More 25, Powerstar International Inc. Our 24×7 customer support team is ready to take any service calls keeping your staff focused on their jobs. Charge for access, or give it away to your customers. All rights reserved.Welcome to FatPort Canadas largest independent HotSpot provider. Our unique cross platform solution, which includes our digital concierges, will make your establishment the best and talked about in the industry Dont think you need it?

You can find our WiFi HotSpots from Vancouver to Halifax and at location near you. Its FREE!Forgot Password? Featured FatZone6 Boston Pizzas! Find us in these Unwired chains Welcome to FatPort Canadas largest independent HotSpot provider. Enters into Agreement to Acquire Fatport Corporation from Ignition Point Technologies Corp….More 21, FatPort and University of BC Partner for Trial Visitor Access at UBC Campuses…More 13, MTS Allstream Partners with FatPort for WiFi Rollout…MoreNews release archive. Charge for access, or give it away to your customers.

Wireless Security Do NOT use clear text

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Wireless Security Do NOT use clear text passwd or sendreceive sensitive documents Use Encrypted connection to your wireless router Use TKIP compatible routers and access points Use sshssl for all activity use certificates Change your keys regularly, each time you login, or per packet Anybody with wireless sniffers can sniff ALL of your wireless data they can sniff from down the road WEP encryption used for of the wireless network based on WEP has been cracked back in Wireless network is insecure and should be OUTSIDE your firewall

Jouni Malinen hasdeveloped the ieee80211 devicescape stack

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MarkS. Absovalhas one of the exaustive list fromAbsoval. David Gibsonis the author and maintainer of the Prism andPrismII based cards Linux drivers and is doing lots orwork on implementing layer for Linux. Lots of info about Linux, all the docs and Howto how toset up networking on you Linux box and tons of links. Bas Vermeulenhas developed driver for the various cards based on the ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional.

You can also check the classical Linux on Laptops web site. BernardAdoba has created The Unofficial Security Web Page,with many links about security issues in wireless networks and802. 1x. Seattle Wireless wantsto build nextgeneration community wireless network. Their web site contains mountain of information, such asthis WirelessFAQ. Elektrosmog wantsfast Internet everywhere, starting in Sweeden. SeattleWireless has pretty long list of laptop specificpages. Another excellent Wirelesslink Howto, where they describe in details all the step by stepoperations theory, hardware, software… of using the Symphony orother Wireless LAN as point to point links.

Thisstack is currently in the Linuxkernel 2. 6. 17 and used by few driversRealTek…. Dag Brattli was themaintainer of the Xircom NetwaveLinux driver. Paul Foxwas working on driver for the various cards based on the ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional.

TheNetworkManager team has complete list of hardware and driversthat works properly with NetworkManager. Most manufacturer web sites are listed in theHowto… Michael Buesch andLarry Finger are working on the Intel ieee80211 stack. WISPDist isas embedded Linux distribution for Airport torun Linux directly on the Airport or RG1000 Access Point. Like many others, itis based on the HostAP driver. The Arlan WirelessRouter Howto explain how to use any wireless LAN as point topoint data link between distant houses. Some outdated user level MobileIP implementation for Linux and equally outdated Linux Mobile IP information. The Linux DocumentationProject. Many mailing lists.

ROSE is Linux distributionthat Radionet use to deploy WiFi HotSpots. This is very difficult task, so dont be surprised if youfind minor errors. very long time InfoTech was developing a802. 11 software stack for Linux, including the Access KTH has released Flying Linux, Linuxdistribution with native support for wireless LANs mostlyWavelan IEEE & Mobile IP. Thisstack is currently in the Linuxkernel 2. 6. 17 and used by various drivers Broadcom, Zydas….

These technologies are combined with strategic applications

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Improve citizen services by mobilizing workflow process social service or healthcare workers can reduce the time to deliver public assistance from three weeks to less than one. Wireless surveillance cameras have reduced crime in certain areas by percent wireless broadband mobility allows first responders to collaborate and receive information in realtime, enhancing their situational awareness and speeding their response to emergencies. Nortel has designed, installed and launched hundreds of wireless networks in countries across the globe with local channel partners and the worlds leading operators What do need?

Improving public safety and homeland security. Service providers and technology vendors commonly work together with municipalities to deliver comprehensive private public partnership for offering municipal wireless. Improve citizen services by mobilizing workflow process social service or healthcare workers can reduce the time to deliver public assistance from three weeks to less than one. Download this brief and find out more.

This network andor bandwidth is then used to support valueadded municipal applications, such as public safety, workflow automation, mobile VPN and others, which offer significant improvements in efficiency or reductions for municipal operations. Weve designed, installed and launched hundreds of wireless networks in countries across the globe with local channel partners and the worlds leading operators. Home > Solutions > Municipal Wireless United States We have dedicated facility in Raleigh, NC, to showcase all the tested applications with our infrastructure.

Nortel enables the entire solution as follows We help you your network in right the first time by enabling the entire solution. Municipal Wireless is commonly attained by using broadband technologies such as WiFi, Mesh and WiMAX to effectively implement selfforming, selfhealing broadband network. From there, other critical factors include selecting the right mix of applications and technologies and planning for deployment, management, maintenance and future evolution. Nortel is also the only solution provider that offers all wireless broadband technologies WLAN, Mesh, WiMAX, Cellular3G ensuring you have the best technology to meet your objectives.

We make it easy for you to drive new value from your network by offering compelling and fully tested applications such as Subscriber Management & Mobile VPN. In other cases, municipalities have created private networks, or contracted with providers to obtain exclusive access to wireless bandwidth. Podcast What is wireless mesh, how does it differ from WiFi, what are some customer examples and what cool applications does it support?

Fluke NetworksEight steps to

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Better manage your network with todays economy in mind. SolarWindsLower your WAN costs with reliable, robust WAN Ethernet services. Verizon BusinessLearn about virtualization management and security pitfalls you can avoid. CitrixLearn how to better manage and secure your virtualized environment. BEA SYSTEMS Find out why small and medium size businesses should consider hosted VoIP. Fluke NetworksEight steps to improving LAN troubleshooting within your organization today. Fluke NetworksRenowned Engineering Institution Chooses AMD ProcessorBased Servers AMDHP and Oracle deploy unbreakable computing infrastructure at Replacements, Ltd. AMDEfficient by design Watch this flash demo of the QuadCore AMD Opteron Processor AMD.

Fluke NetworksEight steps to improving LAN troubleshooting within your organization today. Fluke NetworksRenowned Engineering Institution Chooses AMD ProcessorBased Servers AMDHP and Oracle deploy unbreakable computing infrastructure at Replacements, Ltd. AMDEfficient by design Watch this flash demo of the QuadCore AMD Opteron Processor AMD. Better manage your network with todays economy in mind. SolarWindsLower your WAN costs with reliable, robust WAN Ethernet services. Verizon BusinessLearn about virtualization management and security pitfalls you can avoid. CitrixLearn how to better manage and secure your virtualized environment. BEA SYSTEMS Find out why small and medium size businesses should consider hosted VoIP.

The of driving or walking through urban areas

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This book covers those tools, along with estimates and recommendations. It allows easy management of network settings for differentnetworks and can run preconnect and alwaysrun scripts when connecting,postconnect scripts for connection specific settings, and disconnectscripts when disconnecting. Hardware Jean Tourrilhes providesa huge survey. Also the PCMCIA card survey includes Wireless cards. getwifi getwifi allows user to specify which networks they would like tojoin, in order. Settings are unique for each environment or access point. Resources greatsurvey of wireless networking by Ben Gross. This interface is available only under Linux andhigher, and supports both pre802. 11 features and 802. 11compliantfeatures.

It allows easy management of network settings for differentnetworks and can run preconnect and alwaysrun scripts when connecting,postconnect scripts for connection specific settings, and disconnectscripts when disconnecting. As more wireless networks are deployed the need to secure them increases. wifiswitch will run iwconfig, ifconfig or dhcpcd if configured,and route to configure the connections settings, as well as configureetcresolv. conf if desired. wifiswitch wifiswitchis script to greatly aide in switching betweenmultiple configured wireless environments for Wireless Toolsenabled wificards.

wifiswitch will run iwconfig, ifconfig or dhcpcd if configured,and route to configure the connections settings, as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless

These insiders also provide the information to secure your wireless network before it is exploited by criminal hackers. Wireless networks have become way of life in the past two years. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority. Hardware Jean Tourrilhes providesa huge survey. Also the PCMCIA card survey includes Wireless cards. This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. This book covers those tools, along with estimates and recommendations. TkWiFi tkwifiis PerlTk application for Linux to monitor and switchbetween your WiFi and Ethernet connections.

It allows easy management of network settings for differentnetworks and can run preconnect and alwaysrun scripts when connecting,postconnect scripts for connection specific settings, and disconnectscripts when disconnecting. This book educates users of wireless networks as well as configureetcresolv. conf if desired.

wifiswitch wifiswitchis script to greatly aide in switching betweenmultiple configured wireless environments for Wireless Toolsenabled wificards. wlanconfig wlanconfig is designed to make connecting to wireless networksmuch easier. This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. The of driving or walking through urban areas with wirelessequipped laptop to map both protected and unprotected wireless networks has sparked intense debate amongst lawmakers, security professionals, and the telecommunications industry.

DelbertK Hehas mailinglist about

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Lots of linksabout Wireless no longer updated. Absovalhas one of the exaustive list fromAbsoval. Laptops are always more problematic. Their list is long and they have mailinglist about it. Reyk Floeter wasworking on GPL driver for the various cards based on the ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional.

Jrg Albert ismaintaining the alternate driver for Atmel USB devicesoriginally written by Oliver Kurth. Michael Buesch and manypeople are working on the TI ACX100 OpenSource driver, andthey have mailing listabout it. The Prism54 project aremaintaining the driver for Intersil 802. 11g cards, and theyhave some mailinglists about it. PersonalTelco has short list of PrismII cards for which manyLinux drivers are available. MoustafaYoussef is the maintainer of the mwvlan driver, modifiedversion of wvlan_cs with scanning support. Laptops are always more problematic. BAWUG, the Bay AreaCalifornia Wireless User group is pretty active and has some mailing lists.

JacekPliszka has many tips on how to use Linux as Wirelessrouter for their wireless ISP LIVE. COM. Looking for Linux, thats the place… Paul Foxwas working on driver for the Elsa MC2 and ZCOMWL24 devices originally written by ZCOM and Elsa. Thisstack is currently in the Linux kernel 2. 6. 14, is used by variousIntel Centrino drivers and is derived from the HostAP driver.

The NTIA maintain chart of thefrequencies in use in the US. Jouni Malinen hasdeveloped the ieee80211 devicescape stack, which is derivedfrom the HostAP driver. WISPDist isas embedded Linux distribution for wireless routers based on LEAF Bering and that cards. KismetWireless list card compatible with Kismet, and thecorresponding driver. Definitely worth read, even if theydont mention Linux support PC MagazineZDnet has done short reviewof 802. 11b products. Seattle Wireless wantsto build nextgeneration community wireless network. They have tested the latest products fromthe big names.

Ive found really good web page on thedifferent radio products available now quite outdated. They have tested the latest products fromthe big names. Looking for Linux, thats the place… The Kernel Notes website, with kernel changes and more kernel hacking info. Atmel has aSourceForge projects for their Atmel USB and Pcmcia drivers,with some mailinglists. BernardAdoba has created The Unofficial Security Web Page,with many links about security issues in wireless networks and802. 1x. David maintains very neat anduseful package. Seattle Wireless wantsto build nextgeneration community wireless network.

It is accompanied by the Linux Wireless LAN

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Since there are hundreds of possible configurations that can be used for WarDriving, some of the popular are presented to help readers decide what to buy for their own WarDriving setup. This first ever book on WarDriving is written from the inside perspective of those who have created the tools that WarDriver uses are the same tools that could be used by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to wireless network.

Mobidik. tk Mobidik. tk is tcltk wrapper around wireless tools. As more wireless networks are deployed the need to secure them increases. It currently supports adhoc mode only. This document explains how to setup Wireless in Linux, compatibilityproblems, something about geographic requirements and more. It supportsadapters from Atmel, the Belkin F5D6050, Netgear MA101B, and others. see also theAtmel driver page. Hardware Jean Tourrilhes providesa huge survey. Also the PCMCIA card survey includes Wireless cards. Linux Compatibility Survey USB WLAN SticksDLink DWL122DebianGermanminiPCI Cards These cards are usually used in laptops, see thesurvey of WLAN and other miniPCI cards working with Linux. This effort is called WarDriving.

This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority. string of postconfiguration commands can also beexecuted after the necessary tools have been run useful for shuttingdown an ethernet interface. WiFi Radar WiFi Radar is PythonPyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles. It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks.

TheWirelessLinuxHOWTO IIdescribes the exact steps, hardware,and software required to establish functional wireless connectionbetween PC and Router on Linuxbased operating system. This book educates users of wireless networks as well as configureetcresolv. conf if desired. WiFi Radar WiFi Radar is PythonPyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles. It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. It currently supports adhoc mode only.

This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. This effort is called WarDriving. It supportsadapters from Atmel, the Belkin F5D6050, Netgear MA101B, and others. see also theAtmel driver page. The of driving or walking through urban areas with wirelessequipped laptop to map both protected and unprotected wireless networks has sparked intense debate amongst lawmakers, security professionals, and the telecommunications industry. These insiders also provide the information to secure your wireless network before it is exploited by criminal hackers.

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FullDisclosure Zyxel Version1 VoIP Wifi phone SNMP daemon has default public read Hitachi IP5000 VOIP WIFI Phone handset hardcoded administrator password Improper information disclosure The HTTP daemon default index page discloses what the device is Hitachi IP5000 phone, the phone software versions, phone MAC address, IP address and routing information.

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Workaround is to disable the HTTP server via the phones physical interface or via the HTTP interface.

An attacker can use this to discover quickly what the device is Hitachi IP5000 phone, the phone software versions, phone MAC address, IP address and routing information. The Zyxel v. 1 VOIP WIFI Phone undocumented port UDP9090 An attacker does not need to authenticate to the phone to obtain this information from the index page. FullDisclosure.

Workaround is to disable the HTTP server via the phones physical interface or via the HTTP interface. Relevant Pages Hitachi IP5000 VOIP WIFI Phone undocumented port UDP9090 Securiteam UTstarcom VoIP Wifi phone multiple vulnerabilties… FullDisclosure. If an attacker can physically access the phone borrow, Zyxel v. 1 VOIP WIFI Phone undocumented port UDP9090 Securiteam UTstarcom VoIP Wifi phone multiple vulnerabilties… FullDisclosure. If an attacker can physically access the phone borrow, Zyxel v. 1 VOIP WIFI Phone undocumented port UDP9090 Securiteam UTstarcom VoIP Wifi phone multiple vulnerabilties… FullDisclosure. If an attacker can physically access the phone borrow, Zyxel v.

The Zyxel v. 1 VOIP WIFI Phone handset hardcoded administrator password An attacker can use this to discover quickly what the device is and see if there are any associated vulnerabilities.

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David Leonard was working on

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Consume the netwant to do the same in the area of Boston. Tarmo Jrvalt has long listsof cards containing various chipsets, one page per chipset,including some Google Ads. James Ketrenos andmany people are working on the mac80211 kernelstack formerly ieee80211 DeviceScape stack. Jacco Tunnissen has lotsof links about Wardriving and Wireless Security. Pavel Roskinmaintains the SymbolCF version of the Orinoco driver. They have mailinglist for the 39454965. Another excellent Wirelesslink Howto, where they describe in details all the step by stepoperations theory, hardware, software… of using the Symphony orother Wireless LAN as point to point links.

Jrg Albert ismaintaining the alternate driver for Atmel USB devicesoriginally written by Oliver Kurth. SeattleWireless has pretty long list of laptop specificpages. Definitely worth read, even if theydont mention Linux support PC MagazineZDnet has done short reviewof 802. 11b products. Personal Telco want tobuild alternative communication networks in the area ofPortland. Elektrosmog wantsfast Internet everywhere, starting in Sweeden. Like many others, itis based on the characteristic of theenvironment. very long time InfoTech was developing a802.

YangHweeTAN has quick Howto about Building Secure Wireless AccessPoint using the HostAP driver and FreeSWAN. DDWRT is derivative ofOpenWRT, adding better user interfaceand Radius. FooChun Choong has web page that link to various BlueToothresearch projects and papers. BenjaminReed and Javier Achirica have developed driver for the Elsa MC2 and ZCOMWL24 devices originally written by ZCOM and Elsa. HendrikJan Heins isnow maintaining an updated version of the exaustive list of wireless cards, and listcompatibility of PrismII cards with their own linuxwlandriver. AndreaMerello is maintaining the RealTek OpenSource drivers.

Ive found really good web page on thedifferent radio products available now quite outdated. Ben Gross has morelinks about Wireless mostly Linux related, and quite up todate. Manuel Estrada Sainzwas maintaining the OrinocoUSB version of the Orinoco Linux driver. Toms Networking hasfrequent detailed reviews of various wireless hardware. Also, there is an LRP AironetHowto. Michael Buesch and manypeople are maintaining the Ralink RT2400 and RT2500OpenSource drivers, and they have mailing listabout it. very long time InfoTech was developing a802.

Hehas mailinglist about it. The Linux Router ProjectLRP has also some support for some Wireless Lans, for examplethere is Aviator2. 4LRP image and some WavelanLRP images. Personal Telco want tobuild alternative communication networks in the area ofPortland. SeattleWireless has pretty long list of cards, but theinformation on this page is not always correct, so double check. SputnikGateway is distribution that turn regular PC with wirelesscard into Sputnik Gateway. Network Computing has long and complete article comparingvarious products. Dag Brattli was themaintainer of the Xircom Netwave Linux driver and the LinuxIrDA Project.