Comments on: Secure WiFi? http://www.muppethouse.com/secure-wifi/ innovation through duplication Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:05:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gill http://www.muppethouse.com/secure-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 gill Fri, 29 May 2009 16:17:24 +0000 http://www.muppethouse.com/?p=346#comment-5359 I wish I'd read this before last weekend ;) The truth of the matter is, I'm in a battle with my neighbor on one side. She's a huge b*tch and although she shared her internet connection with me out of ignorance for years, when she figured out that I was using it she locked it up. So I had to dig out my D-Link and set up my own, which was enough of a pain that I decided that I wasn't going to share back with her, either. I know, it's stupid. But as for WPA 127 bit HEX passwords, I agree. Fortunately my easy-to-remember 12 digit key which is also my phone number goes into the key field of my OS X UI and it just works. I don't have to remember what kind of encryption or password i used. I wish I’d read this before last weekend ;)

The truth of the matter is, I’m in a battle with my neighbor on one side. She’s a huge b*tch and although she shared her internet connection with me out of ignorance for years, when she figured out that I was using it she locked it up. So I had to dig out my D-Link and set up my own, which was enough of a pain that I decided that I wasn’t going to share back with her, either. I know, it’s stupid.

But as for WPA 127 bit HEX passwords, I agree. Fortunately my easy-to-remember 12 digit key which is also my phone number goes into the key field of my OS X UI and it just works. I don’t have to remember what kind of encryption or password i used.

]]> By: Nick Yeates http://www.muppethouse.com/secure-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-5354 Nick Yeates Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:36:42 +0000 http://www.muppethouse.com/?p=346#comment-5354 I completely agree on pretty much all of your points here. I continue to keep my home wifi open and searchable. Every now and then I see odd hosts in my routers list, but now that I live in a blue-collar suburban neighborhood (and not the ghetto), I don't see people trying to abuse the connection. The benefits of having it open outweigh the downsides of having it locked up. Its like those people who fence their yards up with 10 ft high walls, security alarms, gates, etc. You give up some freedoms and live in a jail. -Nick I completely agree on pretty much all of your points here. I continue to keep my home wifi open and searchable. Every now and then I see odd hosts in my routers list, but now that I live in a blue-collar suburban neighborhood (and not the ghetto), I don’t see people trying to abuse the connection.

The benefits of having it open outweigh the downsides of having it locked up. Its like those people who fence their yards up with 10 ft high walls, security alarms, gates, etc. You give up some freedoms and live in a jail.

-Nick

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