[ale] Putting wifi in the house

[Pat Regan]

Philip Polstra wrote:
> You definitely want to use WPA encryption.  If your router only supports
> WEP, it is a least better than nothing.  Disabling the sending of the ESSID
> will detour some, but I can still get it through passive sniffing.
> Disabling DHCP can also detour some, but then you need to have the setup on
> each computer.  Using IPSec, or some other VPN product is also a great idea.

Disabling the broadcast of ESSID is rather pointless.  As you said,
anyone who can crack WEP will be able to obtain your ESSID.  :)

Pat
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