I am currently worried about my wireless security on my home network. I have a Linksys router with 3 PC's connected to it wirelessly. I have the router setup to filter/block any MAC ID address that is not entered into the router's settings. My question(s) are is that enough security? Should I also disable the broadcast SSID signal? I have my own specific SSID for my network, and my default password on the router has been changed. Part of my delima is that my wife's laptop she uses for school has a WEP setup for thier wireless campus, when she comes home she can connect to our internet through the router. If I setup our home WEP will she still be able to get to the internet wirelessly w/o having my WEP on her PC? I am not allowed to change the settings on her PC per the school. I was hoping that we could setup the WEP for all the PC's except for her's and allow her to access the system. We also have a wireless print server that she would need to be able to access. Any suggestions or links/info on other websites tutorials would be great!

You should enable WEB at the router. Is it possible to create another wireless profile on that laptop? If so, you wife siply has to change the wireless profile from "school" to "home" and vise versa, to get connection. Most wireless clients let you create such profiles. Paul

What is WEB on the router? I am not allowed to change the settings on my wifes laptop... if we can create profiles then we need to contact the school and see if we can do that. If we can't then the WEP won't work with her laptop?

Hey, Windows XP can have more than 1 wireless profile so having one at work and home wont be a problem. It will switch between the 2 depending on where you are. As for security.. WEP is useless. Enable closed system...if ppl cant see your connection they are less likely to try and hack it. MAC and closed are sufficient .. GL BDL

WEP isn't useless, because all traffic will be encrypted. I don't need the SSID and MAC for sniffing the traffic, and that in clear text format! Paul

Hey, None of the security options on cheap wireless products are sufficient and thats why they aren't used commercially. WEP, MAC, and closed SSID can all be hurdled in a day or an hour by anyone with the motivation. We're talking about a home network here...whats the big deal? The cheapest next best thing without initial costs(ie. RADIUS server) besides the router itself would be WPA-PSK dynamic rotating WEP keys. BDL

Hi, low cost routers today do support WPA-PSK as well. However, what do you think, how many users of wireless routers do their homebanking over such routers. If they don't use ALL given security features, it's a question of time, someone get's your bank account infos, isn't it. I woun't tell you, that this is 100% secure, but better, than without it. I think, it couldn't be wrong, to use all security features, a router supports, isn't it? Paul