| How to configure Wireless settings in router (Tomato FW)? I've a Linksys E2000 with Tomato firmware and what should I select for each of the followings? (pix attached)
E2000 has the "select" dual band, hence can only do either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz.
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 DaMaGeINCThe Lan ManPremium
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Greenville, SC
kudos:2 | Looks fine to me. Thanks for the free internet. |
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by DaMaGeINC:Looks fine to me. Thanks for the free internet.
Yep, at least we don't have to brute force through the security.  |
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| reply to Iplay
Most importantly you should set the "security" tab to WPA ( TKIP or AES doesn't really matter )
Make sure you choose a password with at least 9 characters. |
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| At least give the hackers a little challenge...
Use 63 random printable ASCII characters
»www.grc.com/passwords.htm |
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| 9 Characters is more than strong enough. And easy to program into printers, game consoles ect.
Also, changing the SSID wireless broadcast name to something personalized is important as well. |
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| Uh, no...
»www.zdnet.com/blog/security/gpu-···eam/2419
Why would you not want to make it as strong as possible?
You only have to enter the very long key in your devices once, don't be lazy. |
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
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Geneva, IL
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| said by supergeeky:You only have to enter the very long key in your devices once, don't be lazy.
Moreover, in most cases you can use copy/paste for this. So you won't have to actually type it in.
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 SoonerAlOld enough to know betterPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
kudos:5 | To add...
With Windows the OP can use Windows Connect Now [WCN] to save off the wireless profile on a flash drive for later use. Once its on the flash drive they can simply plug it into another Windows client and the profile is automatically installed and configured.
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/L···nect_Now
If the client can not use WCN, ie. like a MAC or Linux client for example, the wireless key is in plain text in the \Smrtntky\Wsetting.txt file on the flash drive. Simply copy-n-paste to the client.
I also echo the use of a long random ASCII key. Personally I use a 63-character random ASCII key and WPA2-PSK [AES] (aka WPA-Personal) to protect my home private and guest wireless networks.
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| reply to Iplay
Re: How to configure Wireless settings in router (Tomato FW)? I'm guilty as charged, I'm lazy to set the key into a long set of letters and numbers. I use WEP and if you're a neighbor, you have instant access as you can easily guess it. LOL. |
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