If your router can't do WPA2, chances are it's an 802.11b router. There are speed benefits to having 802.11g or 802.11n router + similarly capable wifi cards in your computers. :)
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:37, Harold Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
