Wireless security

[sig239]

Whats the best way to secure my network. Im using a netgear wireless unit.

[Stang2be]

encryption and MAC filtering. 128bit wep minimium but WPA or WPA2 if your router/clients support it. Read the manual for your unit and it should tell you how to do it all.

[Hunt4m3x]

WEP is the best encryption on the market at the moment.

[DatDude]

[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]WEP is the best encryption on the market at the moment.[/QUOTE]
exsqueeze me?
I can crack a 64 bit WEP key in 10 minutes easy. 128 bit WEP key can be done in under two hours usually.
Mac filters are a joke too.

Id personally suggest you use a WPA at least 8 characters long and alpha-numerically mixed. Of course you can get stricter, but the availability of information and cards to crack WEP is way too abundant to still be using that shit.

[Stang2be]

agreed. having some sort of encryption will at least protect random user. not just anyone plays around with cracking wep. not to mention that shows a little more effort. the only time I usually mess with wep cracking is work or a client. most users will go for the weakest link. also wireless for home is different than a corp environment. Just ask TJ Max :)

[RiSk]

Sticky ARP or MAC address filtering > *

[Hunt4m3x]

[QUOTE=DatDude]exsqueeze me?
I can crack a 64 bit WEP key in 10 minutes easy. 128 bit WEP key can be done in under two hours usually.
Mac filters are a joke too.

Id personally suggest you use a WPA at least 8 characters long and alpha-numerically mixed. Of course you can get stricter, but the availability of information and cards to crack WEP is way too abundant to still be using that shit.[/QUOTE]


Someone please give this guy a cookie.

[Yellowstang]

[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]Someone please give this guy a cookie.[/QUOTE]


I have cookies disabled, I can't. :(

[RiSk]

Thats a nice yellow frog there in your sig hunt....

[HiTechRedneck]

[QUOTE=sig239]Whats the best way to secure my network. Im using a netgear wireless unit.[/QUOTE]

Either

1) dont connect anything to the wireless access point, and turn off all of you WiFi cards

2) turn off the wireless access point