[Tfug] Tucson Wifi; Was Re: Politics, Religion, trolls and Linux

[Steven Bowers]

For some real fun install a PCI WiFi card into a *nix box. Set it up in 
HostAP mode and then use OpenVPN to secure it. The average n00b will see 
that it looks open and WOW, he can connect and get an IP address. But 
until he VPNs back to the box he will get nowhere. Fun to watch them 
hammer away on that for hours on end.......

Michael Omar Gatto wrote:
> They are doing the same thing here in Sahuarita. It would be great for
> parks, commercial plazas, main boulevards, and the city hall / fire / etc.
> complex. But, I *really*, really do not want 802.11g router towers littering
> my street every couple hundred feet! Nor do I need nor want to deal with
> more 802.11 noise and play with my channels (get your minds out of the
> gutter) until I get one that's not interfered with by someone else's router.
> There are already 6 neighbors with them, some completely unsecured, one with
> WEP and some smart souls with WPA. 
> 
> Why can't municipalities just wait for Wi-Max with ranges of miles or for
> Pete's sake at least 802.11n (still bad, but better than g)? Or just go with
> 3.5 / 4G cellular internet (they claim its for better police connectivity on
> the mean streets of Sahuarita)??
> 
> - Mike Gatto
> 
> 
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