which is the best wireless security for me?

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2009 at 09:27

i have the choice of

WEP (wired equivalent Privcy)

WPA-PSK ( wifi protected access pre-shared key)

WPA-802.1x

i have changed from WEP to WPA-PSK, what would you recommend from my choices

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2009 at 11:51

ok thanks buddy, yeah moved to that one thinking it was the best of what i have. however since changing my wireless printer has gone down, trying to work out where i can enter the new key but fear it will be a cd jobby!

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2009 at 12:30

it was always my understanding that wep was easy to crack that's why i started this thread to ask what was a better option.

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2009 at 15:45

cheers changed to WPA-PSK just need to sort my wireless printer now

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2009 at 16:23

yep that's why i changed mine, saw how an app can crack wep in 5 minutes and thought bugger that i'm checking and then changed. if you no something is vulnerable then deal with it ASAP

i'm now on the best my router has

_Jimlad_ · 28 Mar 2009 at 16:43

tolien said:
802.11x is massive overkill for home users - the weakness in WPA is if you use "password" as the passphrase, it's fairly easy to guess...

very true, i went for a combo of letters and numbers in mixed case