Re: Wireless Security Questions

On 8/7/2005 6:05 PM, Gordon wrote:
> I have a Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway, for my home wireless ADSL
> setup. The other computers are a laptop with a Linksys WPC54G
> Notebook Adapter and another desktop with a Linksys WMP54G v4
> Wireless-G PCI Adapter. All computers are running Windows XP SP2.
>
> I have tried setting up a wireless security system, but have had
> lots of problems. The Gateway offers WPA Pre-Shared Key, WPA
> Radius, Radius and WEP security choices. The notebook offers
> WPA-Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA2-Enterprise, WEP
> and LEAP.
>
> Which ones are mutually compatible?
>
> I tried setting up WEP just to see if I could get something to
> work, but had lots of problems. The setup would work until one of
> the wireless computers went into sleep mode, then this computer
> would drop its connection and not be able to get it back short of
> keying in the encryption pass phrase again.
>
> Any suggestions, anyone. Thanks in advance, Gordon
>
>

Use WPA Pre-Shared Key for your simple home network. Make the key a
combination of letters, numbers and symbols.