Re: motel hotspot range question

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:09:35 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
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John Navas <spamfilter1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

My experience is that most routers in hotels and motels _don't_ have
isolated network ports.

Oh well, but I'm not suprised. Such high end switches were not cheap
or easy to find. However, that's no longer the case. I'm bidding a
Cisco 2960-24T or Express 500 (WS-CE500-24TT) switch:
<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6406/index.html>
<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6545/index.html>
which are overkill just to keep users from seeing each other. If I
bid these switches at about $900 for the 2960 or about $600 for the
Express 500, I'll probably end up being overpriced in the bidding. I
know the 2960 will work, but I'm not so sure about the Express 500
switch.

Know of anything cheaper that offers port isolation?

As guesses (haven't used them myself), how about:
ZyXEL ES-2024A
<http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family_detail.php?CategoryGroupNo=D8ED8A22-605A-48C0-ADE3-8FC9DFA8CE7A>
NETGEAR FSM726
<http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/Layer2ManagedSwitches/FSM726.aspx?detail=Specifications>

The latter seems to be
more common in motels. Make sure your laptops software firewall is
functional.

Essential on _any_ network!

Also, turn OFF UPnP.

I personally think that UPnP can be useful, and that anti-UPnP is often
overdone to the point of hysteria (notably the crap from self-proclaimed
security wizard Chicken Little Steve Gibson). What's important is to
keep current on security updates, and to disable features you don't
actually need, not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Make sure that "Print and File Sharing" is *NOT*
checked under Firewall Exceptions.
Etc...

Again, I think this issue borders on counterproductive hysteria. What's
important is to either diasable sharing altogether, or to set strong
passwords on any shares that might be needed.

See <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Windows_Security>

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