----- Original Message ----- From: "Oisin C. Feeley" <ofeeley@yahoo.com> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 23:10 Subject: Re: [Fwd: Wireless Question] > On 22 Oct 2002, Donald E. Stidwell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 22:17, Oisin C. Feeley wrote: > [snip] > > Cheers Donald. That's really helpful information. > > > > Donald, could I ask you two slightly OT questions? I'm interested in > > > getting a wirelss card and obviously yours works so: > [snip] > > > 2. is it possible to make it use 40/64 bit WEP instead of the 128? > > > > Sure, just specify in neat that you want to use 64 bit WEP rather than > > 128 and enter the key. Curious as to why you'd use 64 instead of 128. > > It's for my wife's laptop which she's using in a university environment > where the APs only do 40/64-bit. She's researched it a bit and found that > the security aspect is not applicable because they (rightfully) insist > that wireless users use VPN software. Unfortunately it seems to be > non-Free Cisco binaries :-( Many will argue that WEP is useless, but I think it's better than nothing and would be a deterrent to casual hackers. No, it probably won't deter a determined hacker much, but for deterrence, 128 is better than 64. I've seen many articles that insist that a VPN is the way to use wireless, but quite frankly, it's more trouble than it's worth to use on my home network. However, in a university environment - definitely worth using! You mean there's no freeware or open source VPN stuff available for her to use? That's would seem odd to me given that this is such a common technology. > > One bad thing about WEP - on my machines, 128 bit WEP cuts > throughput > > about 1/3. Not really a big deal, but it is something to consider > > Again, very interesting. > > thanks, > Oisin Feeley > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
