Wireless Choice

Post by **Kills On Site** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:46 am

Well when my spring break rolls around I intend to reinstall Windows. Currently I have two networking devices, both wireless, both on the same router. My first, which I have used for a long time, is a USB adapter from Microsoft, MN-510. My second choice, which I use for Linux, is a Linksys WGA11B which is ethernet connected. Would there be any advantages or disadvantages to either that any of you know of? The encryption is 64-bit WEP.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:00 am

wep? come on, man.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:06 am

i can crack wep in Sub 15 mins, thats mac addy filtering on, and Wep 128bit...

go wpa man.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:07 am

Router does not support WPA, it came out before WPA. It doesn't really matter as I don't live near a public road, and there are college students with SSIDs of linksys and netgear right beside the mall, much easier targets then I.

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:01 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:i can crack wep in Sub 15 mins, thats mac addy filtering on, and Wep 128bit...

go wpa man.

really? I've been under a rock with regards to wireless sniffers and stuff... that's interesting.
What about mac address filters + wep + static assignments?

Post by **Tormentius** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:11 am

Underpants? wrote:
really? I've been under a rock with regards to wireless sniffers and stuff... that's interesting.
What about mac address filters + wep + static assignments?

It can still be spoofed, it only delays the process a little longer.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:36 am

all i need is the AP's, a client ( that has to be active, this is what gets me by the Mac addy filtering ), and two computers on my side.

the fastest that i have been able to do it is 8 mins on 64-bit wep, and 17mins on 128wep..

its actually shocking how quick and easly it can be done.

WPA hasent been had yet, all there is are Brute force attacks ( that takes a wile... a Reallly long wile )

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:58 am

Kills On Site wrote:Router does not support WPA, it came out before WPA. It doesn't really matter as I don't live near a public road, and there are college students with SSIDs of linksys and netgear right beside the mall, much easier targets then I.

check you router manufacturer's website for updated firmware. chances are, it'll support WPA after the upgrade. read the changelog.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:07 pm

No updates have been released to include WPA for my router.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:24 am

interesting, even the crap Dlink i had WPA ability with the last firmware. what brand are you using?

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