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| Thread ID: 84046 | 2007-10-22 08:54:00 | WEP security cracked? | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 604325 | 2007-10-22 08:54:00 | I have been reading about the WEP encryption on wireless networks not being so secure now. I have WEP, but how easy is it to change that to WPA shared key? I have a Netgear wireless router which has WPA as an option, but I don't want to stuff up my present setup for the laptop on my network. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most helpful. |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 604326 | 2007-10-22 09:02:00 | Its been known for a while now, that WEP isnt that secure. Do the other wireless adapters / devices support WPA / WPA 2 encryption? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 604327 | 2007-10-22 09:24:00 | I am not quite sure what you mean by other adapters/devices. | lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 604328 | 2007-10-22 09:28:00 | What are you using the wireless router for?? It must be communicating with something else, (other pc's with wireless), if its enabled. Do these other pc's with wireless support WPA / WPA 2. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 604329 | 2007-10-22 09:50:00 | Yeah it's not worries. Just change your router setting to WPA and give it a passphrase. Reconnect on your laptop/PC and it will just ask for the passphrase that you set. |
mmogold (12947) | ||
| 604330 | 2007-10-22 10:35:00 | WPA-PSK (the 'vanilla' WPA setting with a shared passphrase) has been cracked, and can be compromised in as little as 4 packets - it's actually less secure than WEP. All versions of WPA-EAP are still secure, as is WPA2-PSK. For most home networks I'd recommend WPA2-PSK. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 604331 | 2007-10-22 11:23:00 | cracking wep has been possible for years...lol | Codex (3761) | ||
| 604332 | 2007-10-22 11:50:00 | I've always thought, do people that go to steal internet find the first place they're in range of and spend the time to try and hack it? I bet they just go and find an unsecured one. This means that any security is probably enough to discourage them. It's the same with car locks. Any car theif can break into any car if they want to. But most will probably just look for one that was left unlocked. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 604333 | 2007-10-22 11:55:00 | Unless you're targeting a specific person, yes, they would probably just go to the most un-secured one (ie no security in place) and God knows theres enough of them out there. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 604334 | 2007-10-22 17:25:00 | People are getting better with wireless security. I was doing a job at a house in Parnell last week, setting up a wireless network. I found that when I did a search on my laptop it found about 8-9 networks in the area. All of them had some security enabled. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
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