 odogCable Centric Vendor BiasedPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-05
Atlanta, GA
kudos:5
 ·Comcast
| umm.... wifi for registers was straight up dumb. any company using wifi for anything besides email and browsing is asking for issues. specifically a place that has such high employee turnover.
best buy or compusa used to have wireless registers and got pinched for fact that they were sending customer credit cards in clear text over the air.
what these guys was extremely dumb. how lowes setup their network was even dumber.
the open ceilings are perfect for conduit and fiber... they would have been far better off going that route.
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disclaimer: my opinions are my own, my employer is not responsible. |
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RaydrPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-19
Carrollton, TX
| As I posted before, the main purpose of the wifi is inventory.
Edit: Oops, I didn't post it before here...it was on netstumbler.com. Here's the stuff from netstumbler:
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Originally posted by audit
What I find interesting is, I've driven that area multiple times and never picked anything up.
That's because Lowe's/Home Depot and MANY other stores have broadcasting disabled.
Generally WEP is not active at these stores because they use other methods of protection.
These guys did some research or knew someone who had extra information about the network.
I assisted in setting up the wifi at a couple of Home Depot stores. If you go in, you'll see an AP with a "pringle can" type antenna on each side of the store. They are used mostly for the wireless inventory carts that you see in the aisles sometimes. |
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| If this is the case, then I would like to take back what I said about Lowe's. If those two guys intentionally broke any security protocol to gain access, then it's entirely their fault. If Lowe's had some kind of security up, then I'll eat my words. If not, and they left it wide open, game on... |
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