 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Five years ago, looking at available networks showed that most were unsecured. One had an SSID of "public", so the owner presumably made a choice to make his network available. The rest were probably just using the router defaults.
Today, when I look around, all of the WiFi networks are "secured". The one problem is that most of them are using WEP, which isn't very secure. In many cases, it is probably still a case of going with the router defaults.
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 neochu
join:2008-12-12
Windsor, ON | said by nwrickert:Five years ago, looking at available networks showed that most were unsecured. One had an SSID of "public", so the owner presumably made a choice to make his network available. The rest were probably just using the router defaults.
Today, when I look around, all of the WiFi networks are "secured". The one problem is that most of them are using WEP, which isn't very secure. In many cases, it is probably still a case of going with the router defaults.
Im wondering if that is also because alot of minor devices refuse to connect to anything but WEP. Most computers and hybrids (like the ipad et all) will take WPA1 but some things like network capable tvs refuse to connect to WPA and above because they don't have the firmware to.
I think it was only the past 6 months for example that the ipod has had WPA2 capability. the Iphone does not like it at all and can have difficulty with connecting to anything more than WEP.
Your right though alot of people do not realize that leaving security configurations on defaults is never a good idea because their easily located and usable to get on. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
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·RoadRunner Cable
| said by neochu:said by nwrickert:Five years ago, looking at available networks showed that most were unsecured. One had an SSID of "public", so the owner presumably made a choice to make his network available. The rest were probably just using the router defaults.
Today, when I look around, all of the WiFi networks are "secured". The one problem is that most of them are using WEP, which isn't very secure. In many cases, it is probably still a case of going with the router defaults.
Im wondering if that is also because alot of minor devices refuse to connect to anything but WEP. Most computers and hybrids (like the ipad et all) will take WPA1 but some things like network capable tvs refuse to connect to WPA and above because they don't have the firmware to. I think it was only the past 6 months for example that the ipod has had WPA2 capability. the Iphone does not like it at all and can have difficulty with connecting to anything more than WEP. Your right though alot of people do not realize that leaving security configurations on defaults is never a good idea because their easily located and usable to get on. Yep, I have old devices that will only work WEP. Replacing them would be expensive. I only turn on WEP when I need them since I rarely use wireless and not stable as cat5 cables.
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