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[docta13]

I just set up a wireless network at my house that has one AP and one client. I know WEP is a very basic form of encryption for a wireless setup, but is it worth setting up at home? I mean do I really need to be THAT secure at home, and be willing to lose 20-50% of my connection speed just to feel that my internet connection is not accessible to nearby hackers? Really, should I worry about anyone in my neighborhood intercepting my data?

[DjLizard]

yes, you should set it up,
no it doesn't take that much performance away,
no it's not so much to protect against hacking, but to prevent neighbors from leeching your bandwidth.

[Eldmannen]

Try enable it and measure the performance then disable it and measure the performance.

What is the factory default setting?

You probably should have it enabled.

[docta13]

Eldmannen, on Jun 8 2005, 07:31 PM, said:

Try enable it and measure the performance then disable it and measure the performance.

What is the factory default setting?

You probably should have it enabled.

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factory default for WEP is set at disabled. I tried configuring it the other day and implementing my owen WEP key, but after I applied that....my internet went down at the AP location computer

[Eldmannen]

Some devices support WPA encryption. WPA encryption is stronger than WEP encryption.

WPA on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia....rotected_Access

WEP on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEP