State of wireless in KC?

[crash3m at trelane.net]

I've been kicking around the though of starting a wireless ISP outside
of KC between two small towns and serving them both.  One of the major
factors that is halting this is security issues.  If I'm going to shell
out the money to lease a T-1 line and buy all the access points,
antenna etc... I don't want anyone free loading from me.  I've been
searching for ways to force users to authenticate, use encryption, or
login by some means that would allow me to regulate who connects.  I've
pretty much hit a brick wall as just about everything I've come up with
in light says '40bit web is insecure'  well duh...  I plan on using
linux for the servers and I'm sure atleast 90% of the users will be
using windows clients.  I've only been researching for a couple of days
and am probably not using some proper key words in my search.  I was
wondering if anyone out there has experience securing an 802.11 based
network or could point me in the right direction.

TIA,

ML

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:05:47 -0700 (PDT)
Kurt Kessler <kessler2k at yahoo.com> wrote:

> LOL! Oh I have you beat on that one. The previous
> company I worked for (that shall remain nameless), had
> 14 locations around KC. Believe it or not, they used
> AOHell (i am NOT kidding) for their connectivity. It
> took me a full 6 months to convince them just to
> switch to a local dialup ISP that provided webmail.
> And the new one was $7/mo cheaper per account!!! My
> god they were scared to death that someone might have
> to learn something new (Virus Express and Internet
> Exploiter)... It finally happened, and they even
> overlapped it so that all the employees had a full
> month to get used to the new ISP. What did I get out
> of it by pushing the idea? Several months worth of
> calls asking why "we used Internet Explorer as our
> ISP, and KCWeb for our email?" and "how do I save my
> password so I don't have to keep typing it in?" :p
> Truly amazing... 
> 
> As luck would have it, they are only now starting to
> put DSL or cable in the locations since fast access to
> the secure sites is needed... too little too late...
> 
> 
> --- Bradley Miller <bradmiller at dslonramp.com> wrote:
> > I've heard little rumblings here and there, but
> > what's the real state of
> > WiFi usage around the city?  I'm absolutely floored
> > when I hear businesses
> > still doing dial-ups . . . our local Chamber of
> > Commerce is still doing a
> > dial-up.  
> > 
> > -- Bradley Miller
> > 
> > 
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