Change from WEP to WPA?
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Posted by Les on June 19, 2008, 8:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options directed me to WEP-64. I understand now that WPA is better. Is that true? Is it difficult to change from WEP to WPA? Are they any downsides? If none, why would Linksys do this? Thanks for any help. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on June 19, 2008, 8:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options Linksys support is wrong. WPA was invented to do damage control on the inadequacies of WEP. At this time, WEP can be cracked in a few seconds. WPA and WPA2 have yet to be cracked for long and obscure passwords. WEP also has a nasty bug of sorts, where the conversion from the ASCII key to a Hex key is done in one of 3 incompatible ways. >Is it difficult to change from WEP to WPA? Are they any downsides?
If
>none, why would Linksys do this?
Hang on. Let me fire up my crystal ball. (whrrrr....). I see a router. It has an antenna. That's about all I can tell from here. I gotta get my crystal ball recharged. Meanwhile, it would probably be more useful if you would disclose the maker and model number of your wireless router. Extra credit for the hardware revision (on the serial number tag). -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Les on June 20, 2008, 3:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options The router is 3 yrs old, Linksys model WRK54G, no revision no.
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:03:28 -0400, "Les"
> >>When I asked for help from Linksys tech support on setting up security,
>>they >>directed me to WEP-64. I understand now that WPA is better. Is that >>true? >
> Linksys support is wrong. WPA was invented to do damage control on > the inadequacies of WEP. At this time, WEP can be cracked in a few > seconds. WPA and WPA2 have yet to be cracked for long and obscure > passwords. WEP also has a nasty bug of sorts, where the conversion > from the ASCII key to a Hex key is done in one of 3 incompatible ways. >>Is it difficult to change from WEP to WPA? Are they any downsides?
> If
>>none, why would Linksys do this?
>
> Hang on. Let me fire up my crystal ball. (whrrrr....). I see a > router. It has an antenna. That's about all I can tell from here. I > gotta get my crystal ball recharged. Meanwhile, it would probably be > more useful if you would disclose the maker and model number of your > wireless router. Extra credit for the hardware revision (on the > serial number tag). > > -- > Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com > 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com > Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com > Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on June 20, 2008, 8:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:26 -0400, "Les"
>The router is 3 yrs old, Linksys model WRK54G, no revision no.
The WRK54G supports WPA encryption. I suggest you use it. -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Les on June 21, 2008, 12:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks for the advise. I have read that WPA is much better, so I was
surprised that Linksys had me use WEP.. When I go on the internet vis my brouser to the site to make any chnages, in addition to WEP, I see 2 different WPA choices - WPA Pre-shared key and WPA RADIUS. What is the difference, and which one is preferable? (I am surprised that there is no just WPA". > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:26 -0400, "Les"
> >>The router is 3 yrs old, Linksys model WRK54G, no revision no.
>
> The WRK54G supports WPA encryption. I suggest you use it. > > -- > # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 > # 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us > # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com > # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>directed me to WEP-64. I understand now that WPA is better. Is that true?