Wep

[girl921]

I just upgraded my RT N66 from Merlin's 374.32 to 374.41. I did a factory reset since it's been so long , and when I went to re-set up the guest network with WEP I noticed the option wasn't there. My kids' Nintendo games require it to be able to play online (older DS games).

Is it possible to enable the guest network but not have it broadcast the SSID, and just turn it on when they want to play?

Or, if I enable MAC filtering, can I have it so it only filters for the Guest network, or would I have to set up filtering for the regular network too?

Thanks!

 

[connorm]

I just upgraded my RT N66 from Merlin's 374.32 to 374.41. I did a factory reset since it's been so long , and when I went to re-set up the guest network with WEP I noticed the option wasn't there. My kids' Nintendo games require it to be able to play online (older DS games).

Is it possible to enable the guest network but not have it broadcast the SSID, and just turn it on when they want to play?

Or, if I enable MAC filtering, can I have it so it only filters for the Guest network, or would I have to set up filtering for the regular network too?

Thanks!

most likely this would work, but can' tell you forsure since im running tomato

 

[RogerSC]

Neither hiding your SSID or using only MAC filtering is a substitute for security. If you're going to only turn on the guest wireless when the kids want to play, then just let the SSID be broadcast. By hiding your SSID you can make it difficult for clients to connect and stay connected to your wireless.

You could try the MAC filtering thing, but MAC addresses can easily be captured and spoofed. I suppose that it requires a little work to do so, but not much. Maybe that little work will provide a small barrier to the really really lazy hacker *smile*.

I'd be aiming to retire any wireless clients that didn't support WPA2/AES, but that's just me *smile*. WEP is also easily cracked, so that's another one that's just an illusion of security.