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Tue, 12 Dec 2006

Dodgy WiFi access point

At San Francisco Airport: 

# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:59:1B:5E:10
                    ESSID:"tmobile"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Signal level:-46 dBm  Noise level:-85 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
          Cell 02 - Address: 02:16:6F:00:06:35
                    ESSID:"Free Public WiFi"
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Signal level:-52 dBm  Noise level:-84 dBm
                    Encryption key:off

Hmm - an ad-hoc access point advertising free access in the same area as a pay for use one. Somehow I don't think so. Unfortunately it disappeared before I could get an IP address and have a poke around.

posted at: 08:43 | path: /computers | permanent link to this entry