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Horace · 02-03-2010, 22:59

It could be that the op is being forced to disconnect to allow data for the dictionary attack to occur, however as Ed mentioned, using a random password with WPA or WPA2 is enough
I also agree that MAC filtering is useless and probably dangerous, giving a false sense of security : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=43&tag=col1;post-127 , number one in the list of six dumbest ways of securing a wireless network.

I use a 32 character randomly generated key and keep it on a USB key and transport that between computers while setting them up. It's worth noting that a ten character password would take 400~ years to crack with a single PC. Never use christian/surnames either as keys since there's plenty of dictionary lists that have comprehensive coverage of names.

http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/.../generator.php is a WPA key generator if you don't feel random enough ~

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Horace © Beam Software Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Teesside Services: BB (30meg),2 x V+ L , XL Phone, IPad. Posts: 1,385	Re: Concerned about "Piggybackers". It could be that the op is being forced to disconnect to allow data for the dictionary attack to occur, however as Ed mentioned, using a random password with WPA or WPA2 is enough I also agree that MAC filtering is useless and probably dangerous, giving a false sense of security : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=43&tag=col1;post-127 , number one in the list of six dumbest ways of securing a wireless network. I use a 32 character randomly generated key and keep it on a USB key and transport that between computers while setting them up. It's worth noting that a ten character password would take 400~ years to crack with a single PC. Never use christian/surnames either as keys since there's plenty of dictionary lists that have comprehensive coverage of names. http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/.../generator.php is a WPA key generator if you don't feel random enough ~ Last edited by Horace; 02-03-2010 at 23:09.