full-disclosure - WiFi question

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Message-ID: <E9E98AB43D4773A1E50BAD43@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: WiFi question

--On Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:41:44 PM -0500 "Lachniet, Mark" 
<mlachniet@...uoianet.com> wrote:

> Could also be RF interference.  One of my coworkers tracked down a
> particularly interesting problem with motion sensor lights.  Turns out
> the motion sensors worked at the 240mhz range, which has resonance at
> 2.4ghz, or something like that.  Hence every time the motion sensor
> worked, it would spew what the wardriving (site survey) apps thought was
> a zillion different access points with widely varying MAC addresses.  I
> would have though it was a FAKEAP program also.  I would assume the same
> could happen with other interference.  Having a common SSID would seem
> to indicate this is not the problem, but just thought I'd mention it.
>
Thanks for a particularly interesting and potentially useful bit of 
information, Mark.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu