From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 23:45:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B86516A4B3 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:45:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx2.datanet.hu (mx2.datanet.hu [194.149.13.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B9143F85 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:45:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: from momo.buza.adamsfamily.xx (nilus-293.adsl.datanet.hu [195.56.49.39]) by mx2.datanet.hu (DataNet) with ESMTP id 44E3A3918E9 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:45:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from momo.buza.adamsfamily.xx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h9P6jTUc025827 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:45:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: (from sziszi@localhost) by momo.buza.adamsfamily.xx (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id h9P6jTYF025826 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:45:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) X-Authentication-Warning: momo.buza.adamsfamily.xx: sziszi set sender to sziszi@bsd.hu using -f Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:45:28 +0200 From: Szilveszter Adam To: FBSD Mobile Message-ID: <20031025064528.GB25610@momo.buza.adamsfamily.xx> Mail-Followup-To: Szilveszter Adam , FBSD Mobile References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [4.5-R]Why I Am I Seeing This Traffic ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 06:45:23 -0000 Hello, On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 06:01:13PM -0400, The Jetman wrote: > > Folks: Just seeking info here, as I don't believe anything is wrong. > > I use fixed wireless for Internet access. In the last couple of days, > I've been seeing DHCPDISCOVER msgs coming into my gateway's log. Obviously, > some nearby Wi-Fi user is trying to get onto the 'net and their system > doesn't have an IP. > > What I don't understand is that my ISP uses WEP (and I obviously use > the WEP key on my router), so shouldn't that filter out this mystery > node's traffic ? Well if this is anything like a cable TV net setup, then it will look like a huge ethernet segment, and everybody on it will have the opportunity the hear everybody else. Of course, I may be totally off-base here, in which case feel free to ignore. -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Budapest Hungary