Comments on: WiFi for Dummies: 9 Common Mistakes Setting up a Wireless Network /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kunal /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-431825 Kunal Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:05:51 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-431825 Great article. Would be helpful if you compared WPA to the security with MAC addresses. Still trying to figure out which is more secure. Great article. Would be helpful if you compared WPA to the security with MAC addresses. Still trying to figure out which is more secure.

]]> By: Don /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-407022 Don Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:42:01 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-407022 I have two laptops. One can connect to the internet, wirelessly. The other cannot. I am using a Belkin N+ router. Does anyone know how I can get the other to connect. Both laptops are exactly the same... I have two laptops. One can connect to the internet, wirelessly. The other cannot. I am using a Belkin N+ router. Does anyone know how I can get the other to connect. Both laptops are exactly the same…

]]> By: Art_Teac /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-401581 Art_Teac Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:19:58 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-401581 This just in... WPA encryption cracked in one minute - 27 Aug 2009: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/147906 This just in…

WPA encryption cracked in one minute – 27 Aug 2009:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/147906

]]> By: Art_Teac /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-400012 Art_Teac Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:53:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-400012 There's plenty of sobering literature out there: WPA Wi-Fi encryption (partially) cracked - November 6th, 2008: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2133 How To Crack WPA / WPA2: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30278/98/ http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?p=5630 How to avoid the WPA attack entirely - Jan 12, 2009: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/tips/28356-How-to-avoid-the-WPA-attack-entirely GPU-Accelerated Wi-Fi password cracking goes mainstream - January 22nd, 2009: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2419&tag=rbxccnbzd1 Understanding the WPA/WPA2 Break: http://www.willhackforsushi.com/presentations/TKIP_Attack_Webcast_2008-11-17.pdf There’s plenty of sobering literature out there:

WPA Wi-Fi encryption (partially) cracked – November 6th, 2008:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2133

How To Crack WPA / WPA2:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30278/98/
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?p=5630

How to avoid the WPA attack entirely – Jan 12, 2009:
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/tips/28356-How-to-avoid-the-WPA-attack-entirely

GPU-Accelerated Wi-Fi password cracking goes mainstream – January 22nd, 2009:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2419&tag=rbxccnbzd1

Understanding the WPA/WPA2 Break:
http://www.willhackforsushi.com/presentations/TKIP_Attack_Webcast_2008-11-17.pdf

]]> By: Tina /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399942 Tina Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399942 That's a very good suggestion and certainly the best method! However, if you want to use WiFi on a device like your phone or a game console, it may not be practicable. That’s a very good suggestion and certainly the best method! However, if you want to use WiFi on a device like your phone or a game console, it may not be practicable.

]]> By: charleyrouse_nerds on site /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399851 charleyrouse_nerds on site Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:22:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399851 For # 7 : to prevent Spelling Errors: Typoe the password into Notepad or TextEdit and copy and paste into the Password Field, Zero Spelling Errors... For # 7 : to prevent Spelling Errors:

Typoe the password into Notepad or TextEdit and copy and paste into the Password Field, Zero Spelling Errors…

]]> By: Alex /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399798 Alex Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:01:57 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399798 Wpa has been cracked and the tools are already built into free penetration testing suites like backtrack. but to crack Wpa you need a lot of time because you need to capture a bunch of log-ons and then spend about 3 weeks brute forcing them. so your still not safe from the NSA but your safe from most ten year olds stealing your wifi. and once it can be cracked in a matter of minuites like Wep a new, more secure standard will come along. Wpa has been cracked and the tools are already built into free penetration testing suites like backtrack. but to crack Wpa you need a lot of time because you need to capture a bunch of log-ons and then spend about 3 weeks brute forcing them. so your still not safe from the NSA but your safe from most ten year olds stealing your wifi. and once it can be cracked in a matter of minuites like Wep a new, more secure standard will come along.

]]> By: Tina /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399630 Tina Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:48:19 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399630 You're right Josh, thanks for clarifying! Generally, the latest generation of encoding is the most secure, in this case WPA2. You’re right Josh, thanks for clarifying! Generally, the latest generation of encoding is the most secure, in this case WPA2.

]]> By: Tina /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399628 Tina Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399628 Thanks for the input Daniel, I had not heard about that one before. But I have to admit I'm not an expert and relied on the articles I read while researching for this article. Thanks for the input Daniel, I had not heard about that one before. But I have to admit I’m not an expert and relied on the articles I read while researching for this article.

]]> By: Daniel Egeberg /tag/wifi-for-dummies-9-common-mistakes-setting-up-a-wireless-network/#comment-399591 Daniel Egeberg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:49:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=23012#comment-399591 <blockquote>[...] and it’s only a matter of time until WPA will be hacked.</blockquote> I was under the impression that WPA and WPA2 had already been cracked once by a Russian group using Nvidia based GPUs and CUDA, which netted a significant improvement in speed over using the CPU. Well, strictly speaking it might not be a crack because it was brute-force, but still...

[...] and it’s only a matter of time until WPA will be hacked.

I was under the impression that WPA and WPA2 had already been cracked once by a Russian group using Nvidia based GPUs and CUDA, which netted a significant improvement in speed over using the CPU.

Well, strictly speaking it might not be a crack because it was brute-force, but still…

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