Smallest b WAP?

I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?
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Scott Bolander
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You're sure your clients will allow this? The first day you did this in my
office would be your last day working in my shop. It violates EVERY rule of
security for any company of any size.

Tom
"scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?
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> Scott Bolander
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scott wrote:

> I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?

For security reasons, you don't just plug your access point into someone
else's network, without their permission.
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"James Knott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> scott wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> > something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> > wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?
>
> For security reasons, you don't just plug your access point into someone
> else's network, without their permission.
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An extremely good point - but at the risk of playing Devil's advocate,
although I might be VERY miffed at the cheek of the guy swooshing into my
office to use his laptop on my ISP after fitting an AP to the network, I
would be quietly pleased that HE was the one that effectively exposed my
security vulnerabilities and lack of a firewall and NOT someone with more
malicious intent than a "free ride"

It was also not implicit in the posting that this would be done without the
consent of the office in question. If no permission, then bang out of order,
if the office is happy about this - he may after all be a visitng CEO
popping into various branches that he has a RIGHT to access their systems,
then all would be well.

More likely, if for example he was an IT guy who usually has to go from one
room to another, solving network problems etc, either trailing a 20 metre
cat5 cable or re-plugging in every five mins, then his own WAP would be a
sensible and practical solution that the "host office" would perhaps
endorse.

As to the original question, I am not sure if there are any particularly
miniature devices around - not usually a need to shrink these things down
from their "average" size of a thickish paperback book. Also need to carry
around the power supply or, possibly, a battery pack to run it - though
doubtful if battery could be much smaller than PSU unless only needed for
very short periods of time.

LOL - could always carry around his own POE but that kinda defeats the
object a bit

Mark

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:08:54 +0000, scott wrote:

> I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?

Why be assholes about this? You assume that I would do this without
permission? How about using your knowledge to help and not to judge?

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Mark wrote:

> I
> would be quietly pleased that HE was the one that effectively exposed my
> security vulnerabilities and lack of a firewall and NOT someone with more
> malicious intent than a "free ride"

If he added wireless to a network where there was none, he wouldn't be
exposing a security vulnerability, he'd be creating it. Wireless should
not be plugged directly into a corporate lan. It should be outside the
firewall, with access gained via vpn. Anything less exposes the network.

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James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> If he added wireless to a network where there was none, he wouldn't be
> exposing a security vulnerability, he'd be creating it. Wireless should
> not be plugged directly into a corporate lan. It should be outside the
> firewall, with access gained via vpn. Anything less exposes the network.

We provide wireless for visitors use in a classroom.
It is on a 192. network in the classroom only. It is connected to an
outside port for email access at break times. To get to your/our corporate
LAN, you could use VPN, just like from any other hotspot.

I notice that Sonic.net offers Wireless hotspots in the SF Bay Area.
They require a [daily] subscription and VPN to connect to them.
http://www.sonic.net/hotspots/config.shtml

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> We provide wireless for visitors use in a classroom.
> It is on a 192. network in the classroom only. It is connected to an
> outside port for email access at break times. To get to your/our
> corporate LAN, you could use VPN, just like from any other hotspot.
>

Well, that's exactly what I said. A classroom lan is hardly a corporate lan
and in your case is completely separate. There's not much harm in using an
access point there.

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I notice that ASUS makes one. The model is WL-330. They claim it's small
(just not sure how big the power adapter is).

http://usa.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm

Ken

"scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?
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> Scott Bolander
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I don't know about the power adapter, but the device is 86 mm L* 62 mm W* 17
mm H so the power adapter can't be that big. Wait, the spec sheet says:
Compact: 46(L)×35(W)×21(H) mm (not including Terminals & Wires)
That isn't so bad, not a horrible wall-wort.

--Scott

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> I notice that ASUS makes one. The model is WL-330. They claim it's small
> (just not sure how big the power adapter is).
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> http://usa.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
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> Ken
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> "scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > I'm looking for the smallest WAP out there - the point is to have
> > something portable to take to client sites that I can plug to give me
> > wireless internet. Anyone know of a good small WAP?
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> > Scott Bolander
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