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<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 06:32:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hotspot for a B&#x26;amp;B?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A rather non-technical couple who operate a small bed & breakfast have asked me what it would take to provide wireless internet service to their guests.  They have residential DSL service that they use for their email and everyday surfing.  (We'll leave aside the issue of the limits imposed by the DSL provider's EULA for now.)

The easiest and obviously least secure method would be to install a basic wireless router and turn security off, thus allowing guests to connect immediately.  Better would be to set a password (i.e. pre-shared key) in the router that they can give to each guest, but that password might tend to be simple ("welcome2BB" perhaps?).  I would rather not make them enter things like MAC addresses, as that would be a bit too much for non-technical people.  Even changing the PSK might be a bit of an effort for them.

Another option is something like the arrangement Linksys has with Boingo.  The operators register their router with Boingo, and Boingo turns the router into a hotspot with Boingo handling all the user accounts, support, etc.  I think the WRV54G is the only model supported in this arrangement, and I don't know if other manufacturers/providers have similar deals.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Paul
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<pubDate>2008-05-15 10:25:14</pubDate>
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<title>how easy my wireless router settings can be hacked...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[hi all
how easy my wireless router settings can be hacked
even i have 10+ long password in it
thanks in advance]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-05-16 15:42:58</pubDate>
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<title>airlink ar680 wireless router problem can not open firewall</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489039</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am having problems with my router
I can not open the firewall
I opened the DMZ and that did not open my ports on my ip.
I am running windows xp pro with no software firewall.

I also tried using the apps & gaming port forwarding pages and that did not open the port I needed either. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-05-15 18:25:45</pubDate>
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<title>Unable to connect when using WPA</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20089586</link>
<description><![CDATA[When I turn on WPA encryption on my router all my wireless laptop's internet doesn't work. I directly copy and pasted the key from grc.com into my router and my laptop and it still says it is unable to connect to network. I did a factory reset on the router and reentered all the information and it still doesn't work. My router is a linksys BEFW11S4(Yes I know it is old) Does anyone know how to fix the problem?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-03-01 12:15:52</pubDate>
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<title>TKIP or AES or both?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373129</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once a year, or so I rethink my network setup. I'm reconfiguring my wireless setup. I set up WPA TKIP+AES. I've noticed that I've taken a huge performance hit. On-line video sites like youtube won't play a video without pausing every 10-20 seconds to fill the buffer, and https sites are slowed to a crawl. My wired clients don't have an issue, so I figured it has to do with the encryption overhead. I find it strange though, because a speed test still shows throughput of 2-3mb/s. on the wireless clients. Is TKIP+AES overkill? Should I stick with one or the other? Why would I have performance issues when my throughput still looks good?
  
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<pubDate>2008-04-23 09:37:24</pubDate>
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<title>Can One SSID Be More Secure Than Another?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20355612</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows to set a "unique" SSID for their wireless network.  I also see recommendations to use a "random" SSID.  Is there an advantage to using one which is truly random, like we use for our wireless network passphrases?  Of course I understand that a secure passphrase is much more important than the SSID, but it would be easy for me to use a long, truly random SSID if there were any advantage to it.

Opinions?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-04-19 17:46:33</pubDate>
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<title>EAP-TLS security</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20098581</link>
<description><![CDATA[I posted this a few hours ago but it was probably deleted since I phrased it in such a way that it probably violated forum guidelines.  I'll try to re-state...

Is EAP-TLS still considered very secure?  I've recently set up an EAP-TLS environment (as noted a few threads earlier) and I want a general assessment on its practical security level compared to, say, PEAP.  I'm mostly concerned about how someone passively scanning the air will be able to view / correlate information that's publicly transmitted and find a way to break the crypto.

From everything that I've read on the web and various books, there's some assurance that EAP-TLS is generally hard to break.  Does this still hold true today?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-03-03 06:46:06</pubDate>
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<title>SSID hiding and interference?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20131499</link>
<description><![CDATA[I was reading that hiding your SSID creates interference to other wireless networks.

http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/disabling-ssid.html

#1 Is that really true? 

#2 If that is true, and if I wanted to verify that, how would I verify it?

Thank you for your time and understanding. :)
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<pubDate>2008-03-08 14:59:44</pubDate>
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<title>Question about MAC Filtering</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20288399</link>
<description><![CDATA[I understand that MAC filtering is vulnerable because an attacker can spoof a MAC address.  My question is, If I enable MAC filtering for wireless clients, but enter no MAC address, does this prevent someone from getting into my network because there is no MAC to spoof?  Can someone still see my wired clients MAC address?  I have a wireless router with no easy option to disable the wireless.  I use no wireless clients.  I am thinking that enabling MAC filtering with no addresses would prevent a hack.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-04-05 16:39:44</pubDate>
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<title>MAC filters - useless?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20431203</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have MAC filtering on my wireless house net and I have been reading that this is not a very secure method, that a snooper could 'see' my net (SSID is broadcast) and see the MAC addresses in use, even though my router is set to admit only those on the list, and then 'spoof' a valid MAC address into his/her net device and then get on my net.  It sounds like it would require someone with a fair degree of computer skill and understanding of wireless, plus some sophisticated wireless analysis software, but there are such folk.

If the net is set to deny unauthorized MAC addresses, how does the snooper even see what's on the net to begin with?  Does the MAC filter just  prevent the issuance of an IP address?  No doubt if a snooper could see valid MAC addresses, they could see the IP addressing scheme and give themselves a static IP in the right range, but if they can spoof the MAC address, the router will give them one.  If this is all true, it would appear MAC filtering is all but useless against a skilled hacker, but probably effective against casual peekers and their ilk. 

It sounds all together too easy, but this is what I've seen recently.  Can some of you wireless experts chime in here with some light on this?  
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<pubDate>2008-05-04 18:38:35</pubDate>
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