Do a google search on "cracking WEP" and you will find a LOT of information including instructions on how to crack it in 60 seconds. WPA-PSK is pretty good as long as all your equipment supports it. Some old gear may not. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Use wpa2-psk, make sure it uses aes/ccmp, about all that holds true for > consumer-grade right now. There are proprietary "pin" or "pair" methods, > but wpa2 with a large/complex pre-share key is much better standard than > trusting poor vendor implementations of crypto. > > About anything else is inherently insecure in some form until you spawn a > pki/ca/radius for peap/eap-tls. Even mschap-v2 is vulnerable without some > kind of pki exchange tunnelling methods. > > Friends don't let friends use wep. > > -mb > > > > On 05/09/2013 08:17 PM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I just got off the phone with Dell. I bought a new Dell and it would >> not connect to my WIFI. >> >> I have another computer that is in another room that has worked on this >> network for 3+ years w/o an issue. >> >> The first guy told me to never password protect my router, and never >> configure an access list. He said by using a WEP key my router is >> secure. I disagree. I'm thinking the more layers of security the better. >> >> So the second guy says the problem was I needed to disable the router's >> PIN, which he did and then he changed the wireless channel to 6 (was >> auto) and the new Dell was able to access the Internet. >> >> However then the computer in the other room could not access the >> Internet. Ok, after a reboot it now connects via WIFI. >> >> I was able to re-activate my access list. I had a WEP key in place the >> whole time. >> >> I did a little reading on the PIN and it appears it is not all that >> important and is a consumer grade protection in case no other security >> is used. >> >> Is the PIN just a low grade security level that is not all that >> effective? Also do you agree with the first guy that said the only >> change should be to add a WEP key? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------ >> Keith Smith >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.