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2007-08-09 , 23:37
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Originally Posted by buggsy2 View Post
Oh, that's quite interesting and amusing. Why would MS have such a blatant security problem--rebroadcast of another SSID--in their network software? They must have thought it would serve some purpose, but what?
I'm pretty sure Macs and Linux machines do it as well. They just stop if they can't find anything. Once I get home, I'll test it out.
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I'm pretty sure Macs and Linux machines do it as well. They just stop if they can't find anything. Once I get home, I'll test it out.
Macs don't. It's set that way by default. I'm sure Linux boxes don't do it either.
 
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Macs don't. It's set that way by default. I'm sure Linux boxes don't do it either.
When you turn on wifi, they beacon whatever access points they have connected to. Macs, linux, and windows. The first one is my macbook pro, the second one is my Nokia, the third? I think it's my neighbor. Let me clarify that statement. Macs and linux machines don't create ad-hoc networks like windows does, they will beacon their network ssid's though.
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My mac doesn't do that, just checked.
Of course it's also setup to not auto-join any wi-fi network either.
 
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My mac doesn't do that, just checked.
Of course it's also setup to not auto-join any wi-fi network either.
Mine is set to join preferred networks. Do you have any networks saved in your settings??
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