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Old 17-03-2008, 18:26   #1
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Hi All

I have a wireless router and a wireless access point in my house (1 upstairs/1 downstairs). Is it possible to use WEP on one and WPA on the other?

The reason I want to use WEP on 1 is so I can connect my DS to the network.

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Re: Wireless Security

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Hi All

I have a wireless router and a wireless access point in my house (1 upstairs/1 downstairs). Is it possible to use WEP on one and WPA on the other?

The reason I want to use WEP on 1 is so I can connect my DS to the network.

Thanks

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Can you try it to see what happens?
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If your router has the option you could try adding your DS to the DMZ zone of your router?
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Re: Wireless Security

or you could just use WEP on both, i use WEP
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Re: Wireless Security

That does not surprise me in the least to be honest.
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Re: Wireless Security

Given the choice, always go for WPA! Three members of staff at "a school" who live on site had BT HomeHubs with WEP only. Within a week, "some pupils" had run sniffing software, unscrambled the key and were using it as an alternative to the "restricted" school version. The staff now use WPA without issue!
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Dont really matter here, im all static and you need to put my DNS servers in too
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