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| Originally Posted by Noel Johnson Good evening all,
I'm going to buy a new laptop at the end of this month and think wireless might be the way forward, but I've got a couple of questions.
1. I'm worried about encryption as there have been some horror stories recently - is this just as simple as a password or is it more extensive than that? |
You need to make sure you're using WPA-PSK which is secure enough for home use. In addition for the password dont pick a dictionary word. At the very least pick something that mixes letters, numbers, upper case and lower case and some punctuation. Or better yet, make up a random hex number and use that.
That means (i) You'll have a secure encryption protocol and (ii) its not prone to brute force attacks.
Dont bother with WEP, no matter what password you pick its between 40 seconds and 2 minutes to crack now and even has scripts to do it so require no knowledge.
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2. Can I just buy a wireless router off the shelf? or do I have to get one from my ISP (Freeserve)?
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Off the shelf is fine.