Another thing you might try: I've installed the open source DD-WRT firmware on older wireless routers. It has worked well for me. It supports WPA2 and has a solid reputation. I know it runs on Linksys and D-Link routers, not sure about your model.
Harold On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/29/2010 11:01 AM, Bob Scofield wrote: >> I am asking the following questions in regard to a wireless router I use in >> my >> home. >> >> I recently attended a class where I was told that one should use WPA2 if it >> is >> available. I have an old D-Link (DI 614) which is not longer supported by >> D-Link. It's been good. I've had no problems with it. Right now I've got >> it set up with WEP and MAC filtering. I could use WPA, but it cannot use >> WPA2. >> >> I saw a discussion on the Internet where people were saying that WPA2 is not >> really better than WPA. People were saying that WPA2 was just being pushed >> so that vendors could sell more products. Here are three question: >> >> 1) Should I get a new router just to use WPA2? > Depends, what is the density of your neighborhood? How strong is your > current router (ie how far outside your walls does the signal reach? > Would plugging into a wire be acceptable for things that you're paranoid > about (ie Credit Card transactions). > Sorry I'm not familiar with the difference between WPA and WPA2. > >> 2) How new would the computers in my family have to be to use WPA2? > WPA2 in my understanding is a software thing, so theoretically any > hardware could run it if the proper driver is supplied. Doable on any > recent version of linux, but on other OS's with older hardware may not > be possible without a vendor provided driver. >> >> 3) If I did get a new router, what would be a good one to get? >> > I've had good times with Netgear and ASUS routers. My 2 current ones are > also open source variants that are hackable, and include things like > OpenVPN etc. > >> I've been happy with D-Link, but I've had occasions where my laptop with an >> Atheros card could not connect with a Linksys router in Linux, but could >> connect with Windows. >> >> Thank you for any advice. >> >> Bob > > Enjoy, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
