08-08-2005, 11:32 PM
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 Re: Wireless Security Questions
On 8/8/2005 6:01 PM, Gordon wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:05:33 GMT, Gordon
> <gordonlr@DELETEswbell.net> wrote:
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>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
>>
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> Thanks, all who responded. I think I finally have my home network
> secured...reasonably well. I managed to get it all working
> together with WPA Pre-Shared Key, WPA-Personal and TKIP
> Algorithms. The network has been up and running all day and seems
> stable, even coming out of sleep mode. Of course the connection
> is dropped when the computer goes into sleep mode, but it picks
> up the connection within a few seconds, after coming out of sleep
> mode.
>
> I was amazed at the differences between Linksys produces that I
> used in these three computers. The laptop offers WPA-Personal and
> either TKIP or AES Encryption. My desktop computers offer WPA
> Pre_Shared with only TKIP Encryption. None of the products
> offered any explanation as to how to achieve a compatible setup
> with the others.
>
> Now, I'm wondering if I should hide my SSID. Is there any
> advantage to doing this? It would seem that I'm secure, even if
> my SSID is visible, and hiding it would not really "HIDE" it from
> a determined hacker.
Hiding the SSID really will not deter a seasoned hacker. So you don't
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