Harvey Van Sickle wrote:

> FWIW, I set up a laptop for my sister-in-law this past spring which,
> out of the box, was set up to search for networks. It picked up 5,
> exactly *none* of which were secured. 4 of them were wireless Internet
> connections, but one of them was an unsecured wireless LAN for the
> local branch of Deloitte & Co -- the accountants/whatever firm.
>
> I wasn't surprised to see the home networks, but an unsecured company
> LAN?

Just because they aren't using WEP/WPA or MAC Filterting doesn't mean
there isn't any security. Its possible they are using some other
security (ie. a VPN). The only way to find out is to connect.

--
Chris.