If you can find someone with Speakeasy DSL they actually encourage this sort of sharing. Philip -----Original Message----- From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Leo J Mauler Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:53 AM To: kclug@kclug.org Subject: Wireless Warsitting (as opposed to wardriving) Looking at the surging price of cable modem access (just got the bill), I'm sitting here looking at the mini-coax connection on the Edimax wireless NIC and thinking: what is the practical limit of the length of the antenna coming out of the back of the wireless NIC? Run it out to the roof or attic (from the basement) with appropriate lightning surge protection? I'm also thinking back to the Cringeley column where he put passive repeaters in *trees* to bounce a 802.11b signal around a mountain. Technically he was already paying for the signal, but he could have been stealing Internet access from just about anyone with an unsecured WAP on the other side of the mountain. The ethical and philosophical problems aside, the technology exists for everyone in the city without Internet access to share with just about anyone else in the city with Internet access and an unsecured WAP. With wireless NICs down to $29, both PCI and PCMCIA, "free" Internet access is just $29 away, and with a little work and a little more money you can bounce signals in from unsecured WAPs which are miles away from your home. If someone is deliberately making their WAP unsecured to share it with others, thats one less ethical question to worry about (other than the fact that their T&C probably says "don't do this"). Kinda puts a new spin on the concept of "free Internet for a $99 setup fee!" Warsitting - trying to find unsecured WAPs while moving as little as possible from your home. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!