Tuesday, July 28, 2009

About Computer Networking: 802.11n and Peacedriving in Australia

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  from Bradley Mitchell
There's an interesting race in progress in the Wi-Fi networking world. Which will come first: 802.11n being finally ratified as an official IEEE standard, or Australian police giving someone a ticket for having an unsecured wireless home network? If that lawbreaking family down under turns out to be using a (draft) 802.11n router, it will be double plus funny.

 
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Australian Police to Start Peacedriving
Police in the Australian state of Queensland have announced plans to begin surveying residential neighborhoods for unsecured Wi-Fi networks. This appears to be the first time any police force has targeted home networks for such patrols. Is it a good idea, or should these officers find better things to do?

 
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