GoMoorhead Wireless

[Jim]

So today, turn on my computer, and a new wireless network was available... GoMoorhead!

I told you guys it was going to be 802.11b/g

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Apr/1131802.htm

Article there too...

[Jim]

As the 2.4ghz band wasn't already crowded enough with cordless phones, walkie talkies, and stuff, now they add an additional 4-5 channels to fuck with my wireless...

[PSiedTSi]

yeah ive had it for a little over a week...does it actually have a connection?

[Jim]

No. I'm sure they haven't connected a gateway to the internet yet... I scanned the full range of ip's, I can ping the rest of the routers/access points and such, so I'd assume that I can connect inter-network.

We should try connecting to other computers....

If you can:

GoMoorhead Wireless - Proxy - Internet

We could utlize a proxy server that just sits on the unsecured gomoorhead network, and the rest of the people just connect to the proxy instead of the gateway specified by the Gomoorhead DHCP server....

I don't understand how they can expect to provide reliable service to Moorhead, when in fact, access to the internet is authenticated through a gateway. This idea may work on a smaller scale such as a hotel and such, but it certainly isn't secure. Even routing the traffic, you can sit and listen for shit...

Fact of the matter is, all it would take is some little douche bag kid to sit and launch a DOS attack from like four computers he's connected to the unsecured wireless, to the router, and everybody in his neighborhood is fucked.

Another flaw, how do they expect 54mbps of bandwidth to be enough to blanket a large area such as a neighboorhood. True they provide 1mbps service up and down to each user.... but remember each user has to share the physical wireless bandwidth contraint of 54mbps (or 11mbps if they have b cards).

So wtf?