I certainly agree with this. Working at a company where the very same words, repeated verbatim, from my IT department about the evils of 802.11b has forced a complete shutdown of the technology. Among the less easily controlled, this resulted in a proliferation of 802.11b APs. Subsequently my request to decrease leakage through proper placement of APs and the use of APs or other systems which could discriminate use of the WLAN through MAC addresses was seen as too complicated. Now we're testing new product to spend money that isn't really needed.

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