Wireless Antenna and WEP Key
Caffè Sole in Boulder led the trend with their free wireless. Years ago, we ran an antenna out from the back for one of the deployments. Nearby is what we told customers was the "WEP key". The only one exposed that way in the country!
Well, we told them that until one customer was having problems connecting, decided the problems weren't that we'd blocked him because his Windows box was infested with a worm, but were because the network was encrypted. The obvious solution, to him, was to turn off WEP with that "WEP key". Wups...
Wireless Antenna and WEP Key
Caffè Sole in Boulder led the trend with their free wireless. Years ago, we ran an antenna out from the back for one of the deployments. Nearby is what we told customers was the "WEP key". The only one exposed that way in the country!
Well, we told them that until one customer was having problems connecting, decided the problems weren't that we'd blocked him because his Windows box was infested with a worm, but were because the network was encrypted. The obvious solution, to him, was to turn off WEP with that "WEP key". Wups...