If someone has the skills to try and crack your WEP/WPA keys then no amount of SSID hiding & MAC binding will help you. WPA needs a LONG key (think 20+ digits) to be safe against dictionary/brute force attacks. The home hub gives 10 hex digits of WEP by default! :-0
Also, the home hub IS a thompson speedtouch in a snazzy new box. It is, as its predecessors were, a crock of shit. Mine has dropped its connection about ten times in the last couple of days. I don't know if this is down to BT's frantic firmware upgrading or haxorz attempting (and maybe succeeding) in pwning me or just it's general shitness. Whatever the cause I'm not terribly bothered as I'm using another (better) router upstream of it.
Roger Heathcote.
PS: It's just crapped out again when I tried to post this LOL!
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If someone has the skills to try and crack your WEP/WPA keys then no amount of SSID hiding & MAC binding will help you. WPA needs a LONG key (think 20+ digits) to be safe against dictionary/brute force attacks. The home hub gives 10 hex digits of WEP by default! :-0
Also, the home hub IS a thompson speedtouch in a snazzy new box. It is, as its predecessors were, a crock of shit. Mine has dropped its connection about ten times in the last couple of days. I don't know if this is down to BT's frantic firmware upgrading or haxorz attempting (and maybe succeeding) in pwning me or just it's general shitness. Whatever the cause I'm not terribly bothered as I'm using another (better) router upstream of it.
Roger Heathcote.
PS: It's just crapped out again when I tried to post this LOL!