I tried to search this forum, but did not find any entries.<BR><BR>I would like to know how to enable WEP on my Linksys Wireless router and how do I get my Linksys wireless adapter to recognize my ...

For a number of third party wireless access points, AirPort 3.3 (released earlier this month) will not allow entry of a WEP key in the drop-down AirPort network selection menu, forcing users to enter ...

USB wireless adapter (old WUSB11 for a while, now trying a Belking N150) Before you crucify me, I'm running WEP security because I have a couple older Tivos that use WUSB11s, which require WEP AFAIK.

The encryption key of your D-Link router is the only thing that separates your wireless network from would-be hackers, data thieves or bandwidth leeches. Although important for home users as well, it ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

It should be acknowledged that WPA with pre-shared keys can be cracked if IT management unwisely uses straightforward passwords. However, this is not a weakness in WPA security, but rather a potential ...

Here it is. A paper by Erik Tews, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, and Andrei Pyshkin of the Darmstadt University of Technology demonstrates how to break 104 bit WEP in less than 60 seconds (PDF link). We ...

Last week we showed you how to crack a Wi-Fi network's WEP key using a live CD and some command line fu. Today we've got other cracking options—but more importantly, clarification on the point of all ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

Tews, along with colleagues Ralf-Philipp Weinmann and Andrei Pyshkin, published a paper about the attack showing that their method needs far less data to find a key than previous attacks; just 40,000 ...