WEP is failed! upgrade to WPA2

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IT-Analysis.com - Time to banish WEP
Like the article says, WEP is cracked, hacked and exploited from here to ever. The worst thing about things like WEP and MAC address filters is the false sense of security it gives you... better to run open and free than pretend your access point is secure.

[...]banish WEP from the face of the Earth. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) was the first generation security layer for WiFi (802.11) wireless networks. It had the modest goal of providing the same level of security users enjoyed when plugged into an ordinary Ethernet network. Unfortunately serious design flaws were discovered that rendered WEP vulnerable to a number of cryptographic attacks,

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