How to secure wireless network?

SentralOrigin · 01-20-2009, 05:44 PM

I was able to break all the forms of encryption offered by my router (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.) in a relatively short period of time.

What methods are there that can secure my wireless connection better?

w3bd3vil · 01-20-2009, 09:16 PM

You need to understand that having weak passwords is not breaking the encryption format itself.
Agreed, WEP is crackable in a decent amount of time, but WPA2?

If you are looking for enterprise based solutions you could go ahead with setting up a radius server and WPA2-Enterprise.

larryhaja · 01-20-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SentralOrigin

I was able to break all the forms of encryption offered by my router (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.) in a relatively short period of time.

What methods are there that can secure my wireless connection better?

Just use a 20+ random alpha-numeric password for your WPA/WPA2 router. If you want to have a very random password then visit this site.
https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

anomie · 01-20-2009, 10:18 PM

Read about authpf.

Hangdog42 · 01-21-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SentralOrigin

I was able to break all the forms of encryption offered by my router (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.) in a relatively short period of time.

What methods are there that can secure my wireless connection better?

Details? I'm highly suspicious you were able to break any form of WPA.

w3bd3vil · 01-21-2009, 01:19 PM

I second Hangdog42, I would be interested in some details.

farslayer · 01-21-2009, 02:16 PM

Best way to ensure your wireless is totally secure is to disable it..

but then again I was never a big fan of wireless, and don't tend to suffer without it.

pentode · 01-21-2009, 07:20 PM

Most routers allow you to filter by MAC address. This can obviously be spoofed, but it is another line of defense.

Break WPA2? You should go to work for the NSA.