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 SnickerdoPremium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON | reply to mlerner
Re: Bell is growing way too large. said by mlerner:A point to point connection with high gain antennas on roof tops is absolutely fine. In a ISP rollout where the range and elevation varies it's much more difficult and not reliable unless it's in ideal conditions. We've had issues with the point-to-point connection, but that turned out to be more firmware related than anything else and was eventually solved. Was a real pain in the ass when we were dealing with it, though.
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I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen. | |
| another point the poster in support of wireless fails to acknowledge is security! AS an IT security professional I can tell you ANY type of wireless connection can be compromised, wired hard lines can NOT. so weather its 2.4 ghz, 5 ghz, or 6.0 DECT ( which is in the works to be next) it can all be hacked. I have installed wired and wireless systems on both the US and Canadian sides of the border. | |
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Niagara Falls, ON | said by Buddah :
another point the poster in support of wireless fails to acknowledge is security! AS an IT security professional I can tell you ANY type of wireless connection can be compromised, wired hard lines can NOT. so weather its 2.4 ghz, 5 ghz, or 6.0 DECT ( which is in the works to be next) it can all be hacked. I have installed wired and wireless systems on both the US and Canadian sides of the border. You must not be that good of an IT professional if you think that wireline is the end-all for security. All it takes is an Ethernet jack and a packet sniffer. With physical access, anyone can do anything.
Of course, wireless makes it all the more easier, but it is most certainly not impossible to break into a wired connection, and once you have physical access it is easier to work with since 99% of the time there's no transport layer encryption or anything of the sort to speak of.
I'll also pay anyone who can break into WPA2/AES with 802.1X in any sort of reasonable amount of time to make it a worthwhile endeavor. Good luck.
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