I found some better scanning software, so I walked around the office complex here, hunting for WiFi access points. Here are the rather disturbing results:
Offices in this complex: ~30
Total Access Points: 19
AP's not using encryption: 8
AP's on the default channel 6: 9
AP's on a non-standard channel*: 5
AP's using a default SSID: 5
AP's using the SSID "linksys": 3
Most AP's detectable from one location: 12
Fewest AP's detectable from one location: 2
*Non-standard channel = Anything other than 1, 6 and 11, the only 3 channels that do not suffer frequency overlap.
Offices in this complex: ~30
Total Access Points: 19
AP's not using encryption: 8
AP's on the default channel 6: 9
AP's on a non-standard channel*: 5
AP's using a default SSID: 5
AP's using the SSID "linksys": 3
Most AP's detectable from one location: 12
Fewest AP's detectable from one location: 2
*Non-standard channel = Anything other than 1, 6 and 11, the only 3 channels that do not suffer frequency overlap.
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I believe channel 13 exists too.
And of course eventually, like with cell phones, someone will realize that they've been left wide open to snooping and hacking, and will demand that Congress make it illegal to use any unauthorized device on a wireless network. Unenforceable, but I predict it will happen.
Yuppies are dumb as posts.