Wireless network (WEP security)

[WK]

Charly Baker wrote:

>>
>>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
> 
> 
> Or they could just spoof your card's mac address.
> 
> Charly Baker

True.  I'm not saying that my network is 100% secured against hacker, 
I'm just trying my best to make it more difficult.

It needs the WEP and MAC address in order to obtain a valid ip address. 
  To access the local network and internet, a set of username/password 
to my pptp is still needed.



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