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RE: Please make sure that you do not run your WLAN in ad hoc mode

2005-11-14 10:19:02
Andy,

        So, I am confused.  Are you saying we should use 802.11a because 
it works better or is somehow isolated from malicious or accidental
misuse?

--
Eric 

--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org 
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--> On Behalf Of Andrew G. Malis
--> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 10:14 AM
--> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
--> Cc: Avri Doria; Ole Jacobsen; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
--> Subject: RE: Please make sure that you do not run your WLAN 
--> in ad hoc mode
--> 
--> Dan,
--> 
--> You must have been on 802.11b.  802.11a was solid from 
--> Tuesday morning through to the end of the week.  I was 
--> having problems on Monday with dueling access points but 
--> that was fixed by Tuesday morning.
--> 
--> Cheers,
--> Andy
--> 
--> -------
--> 
--> At 11/12/2005 06:45 +0200, Romascanu, Dan \(Dan\) wrote:
--> 
--> >I know. I am attending both the IEEE 802 Plenary meetings 
--> and the IETF 
--> >meetings for many years. I can witness first hand that the 
--> situation is 
--> >much worse at the IETF meetings than at the IEEE ones. 
--> Practically, the 
--> >network is perfect at most IEEE meetings. True, I believe 
--> that they are 
--> >outsourcing the network deployment and  its maintenance during the 
--> >meeting.
--> >
--> >As I will be attending the IEEE 802 meeting next week (in 
--> Vancouver, 
--> >but at a different hotel) I will be able to report by the 
--> end of the 
--> >week how it was. Anyway, it hardly can be worse than at 
--> the IETF meeting.
--> >During this whole IETF week I could almost never connect 
--> during the 
--> >meetings. I had to wait for the lunch break when everybody 
--> was away, or 
--> >to go to my room (at the 7th floor in the tower) to be 
--> able to connect 
--> >to the IETF wireless network.
--> >
--> >Regards,
--> >
--> >Dan
--> 
--> 
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