On Feb 25, 2004, at 11:13 AM, John Robinson wrote: > I have been using the 40 bit WEP (I have no idea why, I think it was > configured that way when I walked through the first install with the > help from MacTown).
The 40 bit WEP won't protect you against professional spies, but it's probably enough to keep casual observers from grabbing your passwords. I use 128 on my NetGear without any problems. I also set it so that only my wireless cards can connect by registering their hardware (MAC) numbers with it. This prevents a spammer from parking on the street after midnight and using my connection to send a zillion e-mails, even if she knows my password. > I don't understand any of the lingo here, but when I got home I > changed the security to the 128 bit WEP then I had a problem on the > network. (The insight modem goes into the Airport router, from the > router I go to a Linksys switch that feeds the six computers). You probably had to use a new and longer password when you went to 128. Did you set up the new password on both ends? > Did I fail to jump through some hoop to make this work. Is this > security anything like what you were talking about last night, or is > the 40 bit WEP secure enough with the password, or is this just a > problem with 4d, but I don't see how as the problem seemed to be with > the tcp area. There must be some hole you need to fill. I'd check the password first. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
