chestert
Newbie  Posts: 3 Registered: 11/1/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/1/03 at 03:59
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I have a simple LinkSyse 4-port wireless router hooked via Ethernet cable
to my PC and via a WPC11 to my laptop. Is it correct that I can provide
simple security of the WAP by just setting the number of users to two? I'm
only interested in preventing others from sharing my WAP, at this time.
[Edited on 7/2/2004 by festprint] __________________________________
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hantsbrush
Newbie Posts: 3 Registered: 19/1/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 19/1/03 at 10:19 |
| I use a Belkin Router and I've disallowed any MAC's not used by the family.
I guess the kit you use also has the same facility? This should be enough.
I haven't played around with WEP yet as I want to understand it more before
I do. I think I'm right in saying that all members of the network have to
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PhiDeck
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 29/1/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 29/1/03 at 15:49 |
| MAC address spoofing is trivial, as is sniffing the MAC address of an
authorized node and waiting for it to subsequently be turned off. |
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twpsyn
Newbie Posts: 4 Registered: 9/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/03 at 21:24 |
Reducing the number of users isn't the best security measure in the world -
if one PC is turned off your AP is open for business.
MAC filtering is considered by many to be the best form of security. If a
MAC address isnt listed, then the AP wont even allow that card to connect
to the network.
WEP is something that you could consider using. It isn't perfect, the 64bit
encryption takes about 20 seconds to crack, but at 128bit its not bad, and
is better than having your data flying around unencrypted for the world to
snoop on.
Another security measure is to turn off network advertising. I've only seen
this available on an Intel AP, and it was faulty so I havent been able to
investigate it fully.
If you are really security anal, you might want to consider using encrypted
tunnels over your (possibly WEP encrypted) wireless links,
Remember though that encryption will slow down your network marginally, and
the level of security required greatly depends on your location and network
use.
I personally dont feel the need to use much security at all - firstly the
wireless networks I work with connect a dozen laptops together for
printing, with no internet access. Secondly, the area I operate those
networks in is so backwards that the shops still put prices up in terms of
bags of corn.
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Law
Newbie Posts: 8 Registered: 9/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/03 at 22:21 |
I keep my wap11 on the outside of my firewall along with the dsl modem.
Run the firewall through a switch and map my network out from there.
-L
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