Number of wireless clients per WRT54GL?

[Michael Sammartano]

Additionally, if the router is setup so that only specific mac addresses can get connected, and they are static (turn DHCP off), no ssid is broadcast the connection is even more secure. I highly doubt there would be an issue. By the time the encryption was broken, the ttl would be long dead. 

MIke
---- Anthony Boynes <aboynes at msasolutions.com> wrote: 
> Bill Lindley wrote:
> > Alan Dayley wrote:
> >   
> >>  The clients would be doing "office" stuff like file sharing,
> >>     
> >
> > I'd be concerned about file sharing over a wireless network, because of 
> > the potential of corruption when airplanes fly overhead, and because 
> > anyone within a few hundred feet will be able to penetrate wireless 
> > networks even when allegedly 'secured.'  At the least, do you want some 
> > kid in the parking lot using the office SMTP server to send spam, 
> > leading to the ISP shutting down the connection?
> >
> > Physical connections will always offer higher speeds and better security.
> >
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> Thats an interesting statment about wireless security.  I use WPA with a
> 35 character passphrase consisting of mixed alpha, numeric, and special
> characters.  I highly doubt that anyone who does not know my PSK will be
> able to access my data or send anything out via my router. A DoS attack
> however, is something else altogether.
> 
> 
> 
> Anthony
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