Skype Phone
I went back again to Reading Terminal Market. This time I went with my orinico wifi card and Linux laptop. I spoofed the mac address of the laptop so that it matched the skype phone. This allowed my laptop to impersonate the skype phone and authenticate on the access point. After it was all said and done the laptop was able to surf. The Skype phone how ever was completely unable to connect. I guess the access point has some additional security.

Also the battery life on the phone so far is annoying. The phone must be charged every night to have enough battery to get through the next day. I forgot to put it on the charger last night so its been dead all day. Wifi is a very power hungry technology so that’s why you don’t get great battery life. I really wonder how they will pull it off when the wifi enabled cell phones come out.

Lastly next week I will have to give up the Skype phone. So until then I’ll keep trying it out. If any one wants me to do any other tests just leave a comment!