[GRLUG] Wireless question

[Bob Kline]

I'd see two issues.  One is to keep
your e-mail and other operations
private, and I'd think https was good
enough.

The other is to keep someone in
your immediate area from using
your Internet service.  Weak encryption
would seem to be enough.

Just opinions.

    -- Bob


On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:

>  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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