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On 10/24/07, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 23 Oct 2007, at 22:27, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> > ... |
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> > I really don't get how you forward something to an Access Point, isn't |
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> > this device like a "dumb hub" on your wireless network? Mine doesn't |
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> > have an IP, nor MAC or anything that could identify it on the network. |
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> You're making assumptions that all APs are like your own. |
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> Your AP would appear to be operating as a transparent network bridge, |
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> but others operate as NAT routers. And a device operating as a "dumb" |
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> bridge can still have MAC & IP addresses assigned to it, should the |
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> manufacturer wish. I'm actually a little surprised to hear that yours |
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> doesn't - how does one change the SSID & wireless encryption key, if |
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> the AP has no IP address to connect to? |
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Simple home APs act just like that, no address for configs or |
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anything, just a bridge to another network. These devices have no |
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config at all, they simply create an SSID with no encryption to a |
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wired network. |
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What he got is a WIRELESS ROUTER that acts like an Access Point, |
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providing a gateway and forwarding, linked to another router. I could |
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have guessed, but there was no info about that in his first post, so I |
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just guessed it was a simple Access Point. |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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Filosofia de TI: Programadores de verdade consideram o conceito "o que |
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você vê é o que você tem" tão ruim em editores de texto quanto em |
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mulheres. Não, o programador de verdade quer um editor de texto do |
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estilo "você pediu, você levou" - complicado, indecifrável, poderoso, |
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impiedoso, perigoso. |
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