Re: Elementary newbie question

[Adrian C <email@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Morley wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:48:51 +0100
> Ted <ted99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Rob Morley wrote:
> >
> > > Just set up the encryption (WPA is more secure than WEP),
> > Sounds good. What exactly is it that is being encrypted?
>
> The data content of each packet sent over the wireless connection.
> One other security measure I forgot to mention: change the SSID
> that your router uses from the default to something obscure - hackers
> may scan for default values as a quick way of finding networks that
> have had SSID broadcast disabled (lots of hardware comes configured with
> values like 'wireless', 'WLAN', 'linksys' etc.)

FWIW This is all covered (rather well) in the user guide which I've just 
has a peek at. There is a "Wireless Security Checklist"

Also a link to <http://www.linksys.com/security> which features 'show me 
how' tutorials.

Looks a competant bit of kit!

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Adrian C