Originally posted by Snakeyez:
If you really want to make things a pita... turn off the SSID broadcast and if your router supports it use the MAC address filtering to only allow the MAC's that you have on the list to have access...
the only thing that will do is make it a PITA for you. The SSID can still be sniffed out of the air and MAC addresses can be spoofed.
Neither offer any real security, so don't bother. Is just a PITA to work with.
Also a note to those that are not as tech savvy.. If you have devices that are older, or that aren't a pc like a game console, WPA might not work for your network because some of the stuff out there does not support WPA...
I'd replace them. Unless you want to run an open network (and some people argue that's no big deal - I'm not one of 'em) WEP can be cracked in a minute or less these days - your basically running an open network.
and lastly... no matter how secure you make WIFI.. if someone is that bored or that serious about getting on you network there is always a way... but in most of our cases it not worth it for someone to try...
If you use WPA2 with a
long password there aren't enough seconds left in the universe to crack it.
Unless someone discovers a fundamental flaw in the WPA algorithm like they did with WEP, with a sufficiently long password it just isn't going to happen.
Real life isn't like what Hollywood portrays - this isn't rocket science and there is no magic to this stuff. Set it up right and it's secure.
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