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Laptop+wireless=access anytime anywhere

Finally got a laptop (comes in handy when you're in school 4 times a week after work).

Anyhow, gotta love it. Got a over an hour before class starts, and here I am suring TA forums, listening to MP3s and doing some homework. Might watch a DVD too, hehe.

I'd love an actual laptop. Unfortunately I am stuck with a Hewlett-Packard Jornada 820 HPC Pro.

I wouldn't mind a 12" iBook.

hehe, i know what you mean! laptops are so awesome

Yes, laptops are very nice. I just got an Inspiron 8600. Expensive, but nice.

Posting this from my MTHEL 100 class

WiFi on the Via train (Via1 class only) is FANTASTICO.

The dinner, unlimited cocktails + WiFi makes the 4 hour ride to Montreal soooo much fun...

I agree, Wifi ist gut ja.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I'd love an actual laptop. Unfortunately I am stuck with a Hewlett-Packard Jornada 820 HPC Pro.

It's really l33t to post from your iPAQ. I've tried to IRC, but text entry sucks for real-time chat. But hey, the reason has never been about practicality - it's always "because I can!"

'Access anywhere' is quite true......one can be sitting in a companys parking lot or just cruising around and latch onto somebodys access point and voila......

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'Access anywhere' is quite true......one can be sitting in a companys parking lot or just cruising around and latch onto somebodys access point and voila......

That is true. There is some security if you know what you're doing, but most people are still fairly clueless when it comes to computer security, especially wireless (I'm one of 'em, still working on it).

At Ryerson, their networks are secured (at least to some extent) and you have to register with the university and give them your MAC address to be granted access, where at Seneca all the networks that I picked up were 'unsecured'.

For now I keep it to basic surfing, browsing forums...nothing too revealing like banking or purchases.

Some street corners have over 30 networks available at once, its crazy!!

Using a Dell Axim X30 PPC



p.s.: RJ call me, we'll go for a beer or sumthing.

Speaking of 'unsecured' networks, here I am surfing the net via somebody's SMC wireless router. Wonder which floor/apartment they're in. I'm getting a few more unsecured ones and two secured.

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Originally posted by MaxTO Speaking of 'unsecured' networks, here I am surfing the net via somebody's SMC wireless router. Wonder which floor/apartment they're in. I'm getting a few more unsecured ones and two secured.

5 insecure wireless networks from my house.

For my WiFi network I disable SSID broadcasts, use 802.1x (Port Based Network Access Control) that basically authenticates individual users via my RADIUS server. Also use WPA w/ TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol).

I don't bother with things like MAC based access-control. MAC address' can be easily spoofed.

My WiFi access point is directly connected to my Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 switch. This switch can do port based layer 3 access-lists (filtering) and various QoS. I employ stringent inbound access-lists to segregate the WiFi network even further from my internal LAN.

It's also a good idea to know what goes on within your own LAN. I run a Snort box connected to a SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer) port on my Catalyst switch. SPAN ports basically mirror all traffic from all ports on the switch to a designated port to be analyzed (sniffed) in real-time. Snort is a NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System) that takes all traffic from my SPAN port, and checks it against various attack signatures. Various alerts and countermeasures can be setup when a attack has been positively identified.

The next wireless standard 802.11i should incorporate hardware based AES encryption. WPA is only a Band-Aid solution to the insecurities of WEP. There is no such thing as being too paranoid when it comes to security.

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Originally posted by SurrJRS ...There is no such thing as being too paranoid when it comes to security.

w00t!

nice, Simon

oooh, laptops... I'm getting one of these bad boys from LG:

http://spirit.lg.ca/xnote/model.asp?selected=ls50

they just entered the laptop market, and their models kick ass! 10 hours with extended battery, quad-band antenna for better wireless reception, and such a low price (this model goes for $1400)... damn!

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Originally posted by Crazy Serb oooh, laptops... I'm getting one of these bad boys from LG: http://spirit.lg.ca/xnote/model.asp?selected=ls50 they just entered the laptop market, and their models kick ass! 10 hours with extended battery, quad-band antenna for better wireless reception, and such a low price (this model goes for $1400)... damn!

If you got the $$$, I swear by the IBM ThinkPads... Yes I know the IBM PC/Laptop division is being sold to some Chinese company called Lenovo... Hopefully quality will remain. Lenovo are allowed all the patents and use of the IBM ThinkPad trade mark for some years to come.

Although, there was a recent /. article that the US Government May Not Approve the Sale of IBM PC Unit to Lenovo.

Read more on Slashdot

http://politics.slashdot.org/articl...tid=137&tid=219

P.S. please excuse any typos or surreal thinking. I'm somewhat stoned right now!

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Originally posted by The Highroller Yes, laptops are very nice. I just got an Inspiron 8600. Expensive, but nice.

I want one of those!! I've had my Inspiron 4100 for 3+ years now and it's served me well. Watch out for the HDDs though. I used to download 24/7 and they tend to crap out after long periods of heavy use. On my 3rd HDD now.

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Originally posted by SurrJRS If you got the $$$, I swear by the IBM ThinkPads... Yes I know the IBM PC/Laptop division is being sold to some Chinese company called Lenovo... Hopefully quality will remain. Lenovo are allowed all the patents and use of the IBM ThinkPad trade mark for some years to come. Although, there was a recent /. article that the US Government May Not Approve the Sale of IBM PC Unit to Lenovo. Read more on Slashdot http://politics.slashdot.org/articl...tid=137&tid=219 P.S. please excuse any typos or surreal thinking. I'm somewhat stoned right now!

the only problem that I've got with most of the laptops out there is the price... for features included, LG definitely has the lowest price, and in my case that is the deciding factor.

Talk about mobility? After 3 years of having a BlackBerry(7290) this is my first post using it.

Now I can post party reviews from the dance floor.
J/K

Laptops are convenient too.

my notebook is on for about 15 hours a day.. at least 10 of which trance is playing and the whole time its downloading. its funny how technology has become such an important element in our everyday lives.

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Originally posted by parad0x my notebook is on for about 15 hours a day.. at least 10 of which trance is playing and the whole time its downloading. its funny how technology has become such an important element in our everyday lives.

It has also been an important element in shaping the music we enjoy so much.

Enjoying my 15" Apple Powerbook G4 with Wireless and Final Cut Pro HD

Good times..!















ain't I a geek!

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Originally posted by bARTovsky Enjoying my 15" Apple Powerbook G4 with Wireless and Final Cut Pro HD

I'm all about the G5 Powerbooks when they are out in Q2!

Got an HP Pavilion zt3000 (customized) 1 unsecure 2 secured networks from here.

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Originally posted by SurrJRS I'm all about the G5 Powerbooks when they are out in Q2!

that's worth a trade-in.

...I'd settle for a 12" 1.2GHz iBook right now

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