I remember reading about this somewhere - I believe that in certain
circumstances linux users could join by somehow impersonating macs.
If I remember correctly it may have been as simple as changing the
UserAgent string, but it's a long time since I looked into this, and
the network I needed into didn't support macs anyway.
Rory
On 28 March 2010 12:19, Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have much proper (technical) details,
> but how can one connect to a wireless lan,
> where a cisco cert is checking to see if you have
> the relevant Anti-Virus, and MS security updates installed.
>> The MS laptop users say the required AV are McAfee, Norton or AVG.
> And the cert scans the laptop for Win SPx
>> Macbook users have managed to connect.
>> The wired part of the lan is Netware (4x) controlled.
> Laptops can only be connected by wireless.
>> This is so I can use Fedora at school, when I get back.
> Tech services basically said "thats life."
>> --
> Regards,
>> Frank Murphy
> UTF_8 Encoded
>> --
> Irish Linux Users' Group mailing list
> About this list : http://mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug> Who we are : http://www.linux.ie/> Where we are : http://www.linux.ie/map/>
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
