Wireless Security Options

[Gren]

Reason #5439875 to make sure your wireless network is secure:

Courant article on Google sniffing wireless traffic

[Gren]

If you're still using WEP or WPA - REPLACE THEM with WPA2. Your wireless AP, depending on how old it is, should have it.. if it doesn't, you may be able to implement with a firmware upgrade.

Here's a scary link on how easy it is to crack WEP and WPA:

Cracking Wireless Networks

Other good things to do:

* Stop broadcasting your SSID

* Filter access by MAC address

Make your wireless password more complicated and use a utility like I do to keep track of the password (so you don't forget it_

Here's the utility I use:

Password Safe