Wireless network (WEP security)

[Jason Shein]

I use IPCop 1.3.0 and connect the access point with WEP on 128 bit
though the DMZ ( Orange ) interface.

Works great, some limitations due to firewalling rules, but this can be
custon tailored to your application.

It doesn't take long to crack wep anymore, so any extra precautions are
a must.


On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 14:30, WK wrote:
> Gardner Bell wrote:
> 
> ...
> > What measures have others here taken to secure their wireless networks if any of
> > you have them and what specific hardware would you recommend?  Any other info
> > that you could provide would be greatly beneficial.
> > 
> 
> I have a SMC wireless router which I use it as access point.
> 
> - I enabled the 128bit wep and filter client by MAC.
> - At my linux firewall, I blocks any unknown internal addresses
> - At my linux firewall, I blocks all outgoing traffic to the internal 
> network as well as internet except DHCP and PPTP (vpn).
> 
> In order to connect a wireless client to my network, the following are 
> needed:
> 
> - Add a reserve host to dhcp server
> - Unblock the reserve host ip at the firewall
> - Create an account on the the pptp server
> 
> I'm not sure what else I can do since this is only a home network anyway.
> 
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