[Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost

David Scheidt dmscheidt at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 11:20:13 MST 2008


On Jan 23, 2008 1:10 PM, Paul Mele <paul.mele at usermail.com> wrote:
> Are we talking the 64-bit WEP that left 14 bits at 0, with no shared key, or
> the 128-bit with shared key?
>

Either.  It's fundamentally borked; you'd have to try really, really
hard to make a worse security system.  There's no reason to use WEP,
unless you have a handful of embedded legacy devices that can't use
WPA, in which case, you need to be aware that you're broadcasting in
the clear.  That might, or might not, be a problem.  If there is data
that needs to be secured, though, use wires or WPA.

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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com


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