[KLUG Members] Wireless Access Point recommendation?

[Bruce Smith]

> >my school has a 802.11b wireless network all over campus (they didn't 
> >wire the dorms, just went straight to wireless). to make it secure, 
> >they don't use WEP, but they use a Cisco VPN. it uses 168-bit 
> >encryption. I do have to say, that even though they use only windows 
> >servers here (sadly), the IT manager has a pretty secure network here. 
> >He uses lotsa Cisco appliances, for the firewall, bandwidth management, 
> >and some other things.
> 
> I agree, there are many Open Source VPN solutions.  Simply connect the
> WAP to a neutered network subnet with a VPN server sitting between that
> subnet and the real net.  Wireless users simply have to establish a VPN
> in order to actually do anything.  

The January & February Linux Journal magazines have a nice two part
article about securing LAN's with a FreeSWAN VPN on Linux.  This can
easily be used on wireless (and supports some Windows clients too).

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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