AES encryption is done in hardware. Zero software time. I've used wpa2aes since day 1 and I've never ever run into any issues with it.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > They can sniff all they want. It's no different than some > unscrupulous > tech plugging into a switch upstream. SSL banking is encrypted, google > passwords are encrypted, etc. Anyone who is sending unencrypted traffic on > the public Internet can be sniffed any number of places. I choose to not > waste my CPU cycles on encypt/decrypt. We have other forms of > authentication to keep users off the network. > > Some things from the UBNT change log: > > - Improvement: WPA/WPA2-TKIP security stability improvements in noisy > environments > > - Improvement: WPA/WPA2 EAP-TTLS improvements > - Improvement: Connection stability improvement when using WPA/WPA2 > security > > > Some of these are older but we definitely saw the bugs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 14, 2012 2:47 PM > To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> > Cc: Justin Wilson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti next product.... another router? > > >I've never seen encryption issues when using UBNT gear to UBNT gear. > >Regardless, you should run it because it limits the paths where someone > >COULD sniff your customer's traffic. Even if your upstream isn't > >encrypted, you not being encrypted just gives someone more space to > >sniff in. If I was your customer I'd be bailing ship quickly. > > > > > >Matt Hoppes > >Director of Information Technology > >Indigo Wireless > >+1 (570) 723-7312 > > > >On 9/14/12 2:07 PM, Justin Wilson wrote: > >> We have had almost zero problems with UBNT gear and lockups. However, > >> most people disagree with me on my setups. > >> > >> 1.I run zero encryption on the Aps. Several reasons but the short is > >> 1)UBNT has had issues with WEP/WPA/WPA2 code. 2) my upstream provider > >> is not encrypted so why should I? See my blog for more rants on this. > >> > >> 2.We run Airmax only. No 802.11 clients. > >> > >> 3.We invest heavily in clean power to the Aps. Conditioned batteries. 3 > >> Stages Chargers/power supplies. Fiber up the tower, etc. > >> > >> 4.We are religious about the Client firmware being the same as the AP > >> firmware. The version is not as important as everything has to match. > >> If the ap is 5.3.5 then all the clients have to be 5.3.5, even if we > >> have to downgrade. > >> > >> 5.We use the priority on the client side. If you have a weak client set > >> them lower. > >> > >> > >> By doing this we have grown from 0 clients to 1500 in just shy of 2 > >> years on an all UBNT wireless network. 40+ towers with probably 150+ > >> UBNT devices (aps, backhauls). I can't remember a lockup problem due to > >> something not related to the above. > >> > >> Justin > >> > >> From: Doug Clark <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Date: Friday, September 14, 2012 1:29 PM > >> To: WISPA General List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti next product.... another router? > >> > >> Matt, Have to disagree with you here. UBNT equipment does not just > >> run...... > >> It locks up for no reason and requires a power cycle in order to > >> come back. > >> If you want equipment that " JUST RUNS " and requires no > >> baby sitting that equipment has a Cambium logo on it. > >> You pay dearly for it and I have a significant amount in my network > >> but I am not deploying it because the cost is too high and > >> the bandwidth is too low. UBNT equipment is very high > >> maintainance and super hard to diagnosis what the problem is when > >> you have one. > >> With all that being said I am still currently only deploying UBNT > >> and actually taking down Canopy FSK to replace it with UBNT 2X2 > >> ~Doug > >> /-------Original Message-------/ > >> /*From:*/ Matt Hoppes <mailto:[email protected]> > >> /*Date:*/ 9/14/2012 9:42:32 AM > >> /*To:*/ WISPA General List <mailto:[email protected]> > >> /*Subject:*/ Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti next product.... another router? > >> Greg, > >> I don't ever recall seeing bleeding-edge firmware with bugs released > >> from Ubiquiti.... unless you mean the betas? But that's what they > >> are... betas. Since 5.3.3 up to the current 5.5.2 release I > >>haven't > >> had any problems with the final releases of software. > >> I can't count the number of Linksys, DLink, Hawking, whatever > >>wireless > >> routers we've replaced for customers because they had problems with > >> their Internet. We put in a Power AP-N, or an AirRouter and we > >>never > >> hear from them again. > >> Truth be told... Ubiquiti equipment just runs... it doesn't need > >> rebooted. It doesn't need babysat. It just runs. > >> No I am not being paid to make these statements. I just have many > >>years > >> working in IT. I've used Cisco, MikroTik, Alvarion, Motorola and > >>now > >> Ubiquiti. The Ubiquiti equipment just works. I have a backhaul > >>that's > >> been up for over a year with no reboots.... and no problems. > >> Matt Hoppes > >> Director of Information Technology > >> Indigo Wireless > >> +1 (570) 723-7312 > >> On 9/14/12 11:20 AM, Greg Ihnen wrote: > >> > Are people going to be able to tolerate the bleeding-edge cycle of > >> > bugs/firmware updates that has been the history with their > >>wireless gear? > >> > > >> > Once again they're breaking new ground, this time with low > >>cost/high pps > >> > throughput. Will they be able to make it powerful (rich feature > >>set) > >> > /and/ easy? > >> > > >> > It's going to have to be really good to make people switch. > >> > > >> > Maybe they're going for a niche market of people who want only > >>features > >> > relevant to the WISP market (bandwidth management, bandwidth > >>accounting > >> > etc, vlans) and not people who want a do-all box like MT which > >>has a lot > >> > of features most WISPs probably don't use (BGP and the forwarding > >> > protocols come to mind). > >> > > >> > Greg > >> > > >> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Paolo Di Francesco > >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all > >> > > >> > I see that Ubiquiti is launching a new product, a router. > >> > > >> > Well, personally, I do not think that it's a good idea, hard > >>market and > >> > I really do not see a real reason why I should buy the > >>Ubiquiti router > >> > instead of other well knows products > >> > > >> > From my perspective the value or a core/edge router is not > >>only in the > >> > number of packets, it's more into the number of bugs and > >>instabilities. > >> > > >> > A new product has less or more bugs/instabilities than others > >>working > >> > since years in my network? > >> > > >> > I am not sure that I want to restart thinking new workarounds > >>for a new > >> > brand. > >> > > >> > Comments? > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > Ing. 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