From rssfeeds@jmason.org Fri Oct 4 11:02:10 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0DA16F6F for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:01:47 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:01:47 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9480QK08803 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:00:26 +0100 Message-Id: <200210040800.g9480QK08803@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: boingboing Subject: Don't do the brown WiFi, the brown WiFi is BAD Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:00:25 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-826.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://boingboing.net/#85515860 Date: Not supplied Rob "Pringles Can" Flickenger and others Cliff Skolnik at the O'Reilly OS X con has tracked down the cause of the annoying flakiness in the wireless network here -- every 20 or 30 seconds, you start getting "connection refused" messages from your browser and other net-utilities. Rob "Pringles Can" Flickenger wrote it up. It turns out that running the great network-spy app Etherpeg[1] (or other "promiscuous" network sniffers) and the built-in firewall in OS X at the same time causes your computer to begin intercepting every packet sent out on your segment of the wireless network and respond to it with a "rejected" message. So today, Rob (and everyone else who knows about this) is going to run around and tell people running Etherpeg to _turn off the firewall_ (and vice-versa). Ah, fickle networking, you are such a stern mistress! Link[2] Discuss[3] (_ Thanks, Rob!_) [1] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1414 [2] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2086 [3] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/bfYib9hETQSA