Solved: Cracking my WEP....

I thought I posted this the other day, but I don't see it so here it goes again.

I have Comcast high speed internet and I set up a 128 WEP key. I have been told and heard that WEP is really easy to crack. I have known a few people that do that.

What I want to know is, how do I tell if someone has cracked my WEP....how can I protect myself from that. If someone cracks it, are they just able to get onto the internet or will my network be compromised.

Thanks!

 

Yes to both of the questions, they have free access to your network. I suggest WPA with a strong random key, that will solve the cracking issue.

If your network is compromised, there could be indications, or you may not see anything. If someone is connected, you can see that in the network status page of the router, all active connections will appear on the wireless.

 

Blanks? You implying my posts have blanks?

 

Thanks guys. I switched it to WPA.....no I'll go research it and see how that actually works. I thought I read that it constantly changes but I did put a long code in with everything. When I went to my Firewall > Security log I did see IPs that where nothing I was familiar with, so maybe someone was trying to hack in.....but anyway, I did change and & thanks for ya'lls help.

 

That should solve any issues with wireless freeloaders.

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Thanks for the reminder to close....and thanks for the help.

 

You're welcome.