Hello,

I am trying to understand the security limitations of my AP.  In
particular, I am trying to determine what someone would have access to
if they were able to find my SSID, determine a valid MAC address,
break my WEP key and connect to the AP wirelessly.

I should also clarify that my AP is a "Wireless-B Broadband Router"
from linksys 
(http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=544).
 It has a built-in firewall and four ethernet ports.

I'm trying to determine if its wireless connection is inside our
outside the built-in firewall.  To test this out, I connected to it
wirelessly and attempted to access a server connected to one of the
ethernet ports via its internal IP address.  This did not work.  The
router refused my connection.

Are there any vulnerabilities that I am missing?  I don't really care
if someone wants to take the time to crack my AP and get an Internet
connection.  However, I must prevent them from gaining access to the
wired network behind my AP's firewall.  For now, I've put a firewall
behind the wireless router just to be safe.  Is this really necessary?

Thanks,
      Brian Kuhn

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