[GRLUG] Wireless question

[Mike Williams]

I would not go down to encryption that weak. If the device isn't capable 
of encryption that can withstand a basic script-kiddie attack then it's 
not worth using. All is not necessarily lost, though. Look into custom 
firmware if the device has enough memory and such to handle it. OpenWRT 
is the original Linux distribution for embedded broadband routers, but 
in my experience it can be cranky. I've heard good things about dd-wrt, 
and I personally have used Tomato flawlessly for several years.

Having reread your question, Something like Tomato would not be the best 
choice as it is intended as routers, not media servers. I'll bet 
somebody makes a custom firmware for media servers. Maybe look around at 
OpenStora, which is for NAS box media servers like the Netgear Stora.

On 12/26/2010 01:18 AM, Joseph McLaughlin wrote:
> I have a device - call it a dlink dsm-320 I want to connect it 
> wirelessly to my network. It only uses wep 64 or 128 keys ( or nothing )
> Should I redo my network to use its encription?
> or
> Is there a magical device to connect the Media Player to my network.
> (I could run a trip net but wife would not be to happy)
>
> Any ideas would be accepted.
>
> Cheers
>
> Joe
> There is still a bug in the program must use RAID!
>
>
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