WEP or WPA-PSK ?

[Neil Cherry]

Tim M wrote:
> Last night I was told by my know it all brother-in-law that WEP security 
> was completely worst less. I am not sure I believe him but he might be 
> correct. I am not sure I know how to use WPA and really don't want to 
> mess with it but I also want my two computers and small server safe. So 
> can anyone fill me in on the subject and whether I need to figure out 
> how to setup WPA on my Netgear router and Dell Inspiron 1200 laptop?
> Tim

WEP can be cracked within 1 minute (maybe down to 30 seconds)
with the current script kiddie tools available.

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