quick...
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:46 pm
whats the safest encryption for a wireless router? WEP or WPA?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:55 pm
WPA
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:14 am
To clarify;
WEP can be cracked pretty easilly if you can sit around long enough whilst it is being cracked (Takes a few hours IIRC).
I use WEP at the moment (can't be bothered upgrading my firmware to support WPA
) with MAC filtering (this allows only my wirelss card to access my network) makes is quite safe.
Some guy up the road from me has an open connection; and he must know what he's doing as his download folder has Linux amonst other things, nevermind
WEP can be cracked pretty easilly if you can sit around long enough whilst it is being cracked (Takes a few hours IIRC).
I use WEP at the moment (can't be bothered upgrading my firmware to support WPA
) with MAC filtering (this allows only my wirelss card to access my network) makes is quite safe.Some guy up the road from me has an open connection; and he must know what he's doing as his download folder has Linux amonst other things, nevermind
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:47 am
lol, I turned on my brand spanking new laptop and it immediately found 3 wireless networks, of which 2 were not protected.
gonna have to look into this shit, security is a very big concern to me. sofar, its rather confusing
gonna have to look into this shit, security is a very big concern to me. sofar, its rather confusing
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:51 am
I use WPA...KEP...I think...I'll have to look later.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:15 am
using WPA now, TKIP, thx all 