For a number of third party wireless access points, AirPort 3.3 (released earlier this month) will not allow entry of a WEP key in the drop-down AirPort network selection menu, forcing users to enter ...

USB wireless adapter (old WUSB11 for a while, now trying a Belking N150) Before you crucify me, I'm running WEP security because I have a couple older Tivos that use WUSB11s, which require WEP AFAIK.

Hi all. I'm trying to use WEP between a netgear MR814 and two macs with airport cards (one running OSX 10.2.2 and the other OS 9.2.2). I have tried using both 64 and 128 bit encryption and putting the ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

A network security key is basically your Wi-Fi password — it's the encryption key that protects your internet. There are three different kinds of network security keys: WEP, WPA, and WPA2, each more ...

I heard about a new WEP cracking technique. Can you explain it? WEP has been generally recognized as broken since 2001 when Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir, commonly known as FMS, published their paper ...