Recommend a business class ADSL router

Stonedofmoo · 24 Apr 2007 at 08:50

Morning all

We currently have a Netgear DG834G v3 Wireless router that does a fine job of keeping us connected to our second ADSL line which we use for testing

Its other function however is to provide ADSL access for visitors with its wireless functionality.

The only trouble is we use a combination of WEP security and MAC addresses so that only people we allow can use it. This is fine in theory as the Netgear router supports this, BUT only up to 20 MAC addresses which is not enough.

Can someone recommend me a replacement router which is more suited to business requirements and would not have such a small MAC address table?

Many thanks

bad_ass_neil · 24 Apr 2007 at 09:22

for business class i would not use wep with mac far to insecure its got to be wpa2.

Stonedofmoo · 24 Apr 2007 at 09:27

I would agree, but unfortunately we have found when using WPA2 that a number of laptops that come in here don't support the standard yet. It seems to depend on their drivers

Ultimately I would like to swap to this standard, but I would still like the MAC address list also

Slinwagh · 24 Apr 2007 at 09:32

I would look at the Cisco 800 series, this would let you create a guest wireless network on its on VLAN separate from your own network.

bad_ass_neil · 24 Apr 2007 at 09:34

I know what you mean we have some laptops that dont quite work with wpa2.
Its just worrying that you read articals saying they can crack 110bit wep in 5 seconds :eek:

and emulating mac keys is just easy

Avalon · 24 Apr 2007 at 10:27

I don't see why MAC filtering is an issue, if someone wanted to use your link and you are running WEP anyway by the nature of it the connection is insecure. If your connection is insecure MAC filtering is easily bypassed so no matter what you buy you have the same core problem. Disable MAC filtering and change passwords regularly.