Possible to secure WEP?
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From: Mark McIntyre on 7 Mar 2006 18:27 On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:33:22 -0500, in alt.internet.wireless , Ari <nomail(a)pass.com> wrote: >I am using a WEP wireless modem that does not have the ability to do >WPA. snip >Is there any way to secure the data that passes over the wireless so >that it is not available to hackers without buying a different router? Use a VPN. Its complex to set up, but secure. Mark McIntyre -- ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Derek Broughton on 7 Mar 2006 19:40 JM wrote: > Setup VPN :-) > I'd like to. Any idea how to configure my wireless (or wired) clients connect via PPTP to the PPTP daemon in a Talisman-firmware WRT54G? I can't get it to respond with the GRE packets... -- derek
From: Jeff Liebermann on 7 Mar 2006 21:17 On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:40:22 GMT, David Taylor <djtaylor(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: >In article <9nkPf.31853$wl.17603(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, >JM(a)blueyonder.co.uk says... >> Setup VPN :-) > >Bzzzt, cheating, that's not using WEP and requires an endpoint ;) I cheat at everything I do. It's no fun being conventional. Wireless routers with VPN endpoint built in: http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FVG318.php http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FWAG114.php I dunno if they're any good, but the FVG318 sure seems cheap at $130/ea US. However, I haven't tried these so I don't know if there are any suprises. -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 jeffl(a)comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # http://802.11junk.com jeffl(a)cruzio.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS
From: Mark T.B. Carroll on 7 Mar 2006 21:23 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> writes: > Wireless routers with VPN endpoint built in: Another option that might be worth considering for such is something like http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ryounger/workbench/secnet-openwrt.html -- Mark
From: David Taylor on 8 Mar 2006 03:10
> Wireless routers with VPN endpoint built in: > http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FVG318.php > http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FWAG114.php > I dunno if they're any good, but the FVG318 sure seems cheap at > $130/ea US. However, I haven't tried these so I don't know if there > are any suprises. He didn't want to buy another router, if he did then he might as well just lump for an ebay jobbie which supports WPA. :) I guess, he should be getting the impression that the answer is NO to the original question by now ;) David. |