Vulnerability Development: Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Yet another anonymous poster:

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If you don't see 802.11b access points the store is probably using older
FHSS-based cards (frequency hopping spread spectrum) instead of the newer
DSSS (direct sequence spread spectrum) cards. Since the physical layer is
different, new cards won't see older access points. Most POS systems based
on 802.11 use cards OEM'd from Symbol, the original Spectum24 cards. The
new Spectrum24 High Rate cards use DSSS instead of FHSS.
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