Iding Individual Computers

Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?

"doofus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h42plq$7ig$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
> computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?

What does this question mean: How can the AP know that the client runs
win98?

--pa

IP address
Operating system used
Name of computer issued by admin.
Cookies

"doofus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h42plq$7ig$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
> computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?

Hi
The worse of all is File Sharing.
I.e., if you computer's hard drive is configured for open sharing at your
home/work, everybody would share your data on an Open AP too.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

"doofus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h42plq$7ig$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
> computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?

If you click on: http://extremetracking.com/open?login=bhughes3 then
open the IPs under "the last twenty" you will see what I see on you if you
were to go to: http://www.billhughes.com/jeep_bookmark.htm First.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"doofus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:h42plq$7ig$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
> computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?

There is something called an OS signature that identifies I think the
operating system of the computer associating to the AP. There are also
ways to identify the system accessing the AP. I think it is by patterns
of data transmission. Falls under the rubric of rogue device detection
on wireless networks.

"Pavel A." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:A4DB1EF7-7D3D-49AA-BD77-(E-Mail Removed):

> "doofus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:h42plq$7ig$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Other than a mac address, what else can be used to ID an individual
>> computer when connecting to a public AP from a win98se box?
>
> What does this question mean: How can the AP know that the client runs
> win98?
>
> --pa
>
>