tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post4539528755471673090..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: How not to do WiFi?RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-62408069495767270922016-12-07T01:16:07.686+00:002016-12-07T01:16:07.686+00:00thanks for postthanks for postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753156555223561443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-48281936001522937462016-09-19T17:53:13.048+01:002016-09-19T17:53:13.048+01:00An idle thought - if a place offers "Free Wi-...An idle thought - if a place offers "Free Wi-Fi", does it have to provide Internet access too ?<br /><br />For example, could a hotel provide "free Wi-Fi" which just gave access to an on-site web server which has their lunch menus and a booking system for the crazy golf course ?<br />I know it wouldn't win them any prizes, but would it count as providing you with what they offered ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-9406305738102236712016-09-13T10:09:51.645+01:002016-09-13T10:09:51.645+01:00I think they said 5.8I think they said 5.8RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-73922030443719269782016-09-13T10:02:34.402+01:002016-09-13T10:02:34.402+01:00Did you get a closer look at the panel on the othe...Did you get a closer look at the panel on the other side of the mast? It looks exactly like the WiMax CPE Vodafone Malta installed for me in early 2009, capable of 10Mbps on around 3.5GHz - though it's likely that other bandwidths were available.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15638774441452806449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-85412835972170270112016-09-10T18:19:37.591+01:002016-09-10T18:19:37.591+01:00Campsite wifi seems especially hard to get right. ...Campsite wifi seems especially hard to get right. Last UK camping I visited had 5 access-points close to each other all on channel 1. And it was more expensive than data roaming from my own country.Koos van den Houthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13366290473700859526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-49470308607423132652016-09-08T11:59:37.413+01:002016-09-08T11:59:37.413+01:00WiFi that worked for web but not ssh was a feature...WiFi that worked for web but not ssh was a feature of my recent visit to Stockholm - in fact, it seemed I couldn't get to anything but the web at the hotel.Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080812032624786351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-16419374863447635962016-09-06T22:47:53.284+01:002016-09-06T22:47:53.284+01:00They seem to provide a list of their kit at the bo...They seem to provide a list of their kit at the bottom of this page: http://www.campingconnect.co.uk/partners/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931524625205903266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-7311579722746950882016-09-06T14:05:43.414+01:002016-09-06T14:05:43.414+01:00There are a much larger number of hard to track do...There are a much larger number of hard to track down people running public wifi, often just a couple of people at a shop. The chances of scrutiny from ofcom are tiny. With mobile broadband there is at least the regulator, and if they do anything really bad with your data there is a chance it will hit the news eg. "Three caught stealing people's email passwords" or some such.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-13674250240060196482016-09-05T23:01:12.349+01:002016-09-05T23:01:12.349+01:00Yep, ALT-click on the Wifi icon is the friendly wa...Yep, ALT-click on the Wifi icon is the friendly way to see the details on OSX.<br /><br />On the command line, there's the "airport" tool, found at full path:<br /><br />/System//Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport<br /><br />( I make a symlink in /usr/local/bin or somewhere in my $path )<br /><br />airport -I # show the current details<br />airport -s # scan for APsChris Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650717410852254452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-55779033093779316172016-09-05T17:23:52.736+01:002016-09-05T17:23:52.736+01:00And the mobile broadband provider could be doing, ...And the mobile broadband provider could be doing, er, anything with your traffic. (And already is blocking some sites unless you supply a credit card to "prove" your age.) Public wifi is really no worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-42477102347003725522016-09-05T17:19:02.283+01:002016-09-05T17:19:02.283+01:00During a recent stay in hospital I took in a dual ...During a recent stay in hospital I took in a dual radio router. Connect one radio to their Wi-Fi and run the other as an access point for me. Once running it creates an sstp tunnel back to my home router and sets up a layer 2 tunnel to my home network, the AP radio runs off this tunnel. Protects my traffic and got me round a few annoying restrictions in their firewall.ebreyithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108579642499534695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-48758653396567573052016-09-05T15:51:35.884+01:002016-09-05T15:51:35.884+01:00A combination of other temporary technical difficu...A combination of other temporary technical difficulties mean yes, but not on my laptop which is where I want it.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-71515952149572338112016-09-05T14:28:46.663+01:002016-09-05T14:28:46.663+01:00> That will be a breach of EU Net Neutrality ru...> That will be a breach of EU Net Neutrality rules. I may be able to get a refund on that basis<br /><br />As opposed to the "I'm afraid I really struggled to get online at all; it just didn't work properly" basis?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427000118752159232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-12627574084539380512016-09-05T14:22:24.172+01:002016-09-05T14:22:24.172+01:00I generally avoid hotel or site provided wifi like...I generally avoid hotel or site provided wifi like this. Partly because it's usually hideously bad as this article shows, but also because of concerns about man-in-the-middle attacks. Unless all your traffic is end to end enrypted, the public wifi provider could be doing anything with it.<br /><br />Is mobile broadband not working on the site? That's what I usually use.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-6804079961167089972016-09-05T14:03:26.871+01:002016-09-05T14:03:26.871+01:00those captive portals are pretty annoying - i pref...those captive portals are pretty annoying - i prefer the systems you typically find in your freindly local where you have to manually ask for the wifi passwordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-73269528784824767752016-09-05T12:16:38.554+01:002016-09-05T12:16:38.554+01:00There are loads of IT companies out there that are...There are loads of IT companies out there that are willing to 'have a go' at providing cheap WiFi deployments for establishments such as these. When it comes to large area or dense deployments though, they lack the knowledge and skills to plan and follow through the install.<br /><br />I've been doing it for a few years now and the landscape keeps moving faster just like the whole IT field in general and I'm learning new things all the time to keep up.<br /><br />For a company that specifically targets this kind of work though it's pretty inexcusable to have something setup and running so poorly.<br /><br />I'm the curious type too and always checkout other people's work when I come across it, if nothing more than to see if there is anything good I can learn. Out comes the trusty android phone with the WiFi analyser, speed test, Vendor MAC Database. Fing is also good for a quick check to see if client isolation is on (or whats on the network if not) etc, etc.<br />In a few moments you get a pretty good feel for how well the WiFi is going to handle<br /><br />If client isolation and other features are not enabled, getting round the captive portal and messing round with the network in other ways is far too easy but it's surprising how often they're not enabled, even on higher end kit.<br /><br />Not changing default equipment passwords is also another common issue I come across.<br /><br />Everyone has to start somewhere and there will be problems and mistakes along the way (I've had my fair share). But there is so much information available on-line, in books and good courses out there that it shouldn't be to hard to get a good grip of the basics for a reasonable deployment. Most importantly though you have to monitor and follow up the installs to make sure it's running as expected and make adjustments as needed. After that most problems come down to user/device issues, which, with a little education of on-site staff are quickly resolved.<br /><br />The biggest problem I have is convincing people that they need to spend a lot more than they were thinking because they cant understand why the cheap little boxes they see at PC world cant do the job. Even I struggle with the whole dumbing it down business but some people just don't have the capacity to understand, and that's fine because it's not their job to, so long as we manage to build some trust, I get some work and they get a system that works and doesn't give them grief.<br /><br /><br />ebreyithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108579642499534695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-14844127963365218112016-09-05T10:50:57.092+01:002016-09-05T10:50:57.092+01:00I was at a campsite that had 'wifi' that w...I was at a campsite that had 'wifi' that was a single netgear with an antenna stuck out of the roof of the main building. 500+ people on a single consumer AP, you're gonna have a bad time..<br /><br />Unfortunately I lacked the dumbing down skills and failed to get across to them why it couldn't possibly work.Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-17858224160369486112016-09-04T23:16:23.995+01:002016-09-04T23:16:23.995+01:00I often see that people crank the nat session time...I often see that people crank the nat session timeout value (also known by other names) down to stupid figures when the equipment they are using is not capable of remaining stable for the amount of sessions they actually need. Common for lower end routers which have 'pro' features, draytek etc.<br /><br />Double nat is inexcusable though!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512028945222860616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-16750773430919853062016-09-04T22:51:24.025+01:002016-09-04T22:51:24.025+01:00"They have a FaceBook page. It mentions what ..."They have a FaceBook page. It mentions what one would assume is a twitter account @CampingConnect but that is not actually on Twitter. Well, it is now, and is me..."<br /><br />Facebook recently seems to be referring to their own page usernames as @names.. Very confusing. I've visited several recently and thought "that's cool, didn't know they were on twitter" only to find that one of my pages also showed an @name underneath the page title! Yet it isn't on twitter and I never filled in an @ name!.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04266030296611845502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-722149817835338642016-09-04T22:19:07.233+01:002016-09-04T22:19:07.233+01:00Any idea what kit they were using for Wi-Fi or the...Any idea what kit they were using for Wi-Fi or the captive portal..?ebreyithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108579642499534695noreply@blogger.com