> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:26:03 -0700, John Hernandez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a datapoint, you may try turning off WEP. I'm not > suggesting this as > > a good long-term solution, but you might consider something like MAC > > filtering if WEP is indeed the problem with your particular setup. > > I don't have my squeezebox yet and I'm getting the wired version > (though slimserver is on a wireless box) - I would like to note that > it is rather trivial to sniff both MAC address and SSID key even if > SSID is not broadcast and MAC filtering is on. That may not be a > concern - I don't have WEP on myself, I'm not worried about people > using my connection for illegal stuff etc. but there are tools > specifically designed to take advantage of non encryption protected > networks, if you live where there are a lot of people going buy, etc. > or in an apartment, you may not want to disable WEP, last thing you > want is your IP associated with a child porn sting. > > Turning WEP off might help diagnose the problem though, maybe you > should try 64 instead of 128?
I thought cracking WEP was relatively easy too. I can't make my SB wireless work if I have WEP turned on. Thanks, Phillip _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
