[PLUG] Metro-fi & Wireless Channels

[Michael Rasmussen]

drew wymore wrote:
> responding to kurt braget 
> > Thanks. I put a WEP key on the router and changed over to channel 5 from
> > the default 11. Seems to be working now (*knocks on wood).
> >
> 
> Good man to put a key on it ;-)

Consider:
Breaking WEP in under a minute
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/breaking_wep_in.html
Security guru on open wifi:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html
The great local free wifi project:
http://www.personaltelco.net/static/index.html

And then consider removing the WEP.  If you are not inclined to remove it, at
least replace it with WPA or WPA2.  A false sense of security is dangerous.

WPA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

Further easy to find thoughts:
http://www.schneier.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?Realm=whole+site&Terms=wifi

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