Internet connection issue

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Alex <actx0105 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2.) Are you referring to security? The router currently has a 64 bit WEP
> key. There are options for WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK and WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK. Do
> you think that should make a difference? I've never used WPA (always
> WEP).


WEP has been compromised long ago, it is not secure. One may use the
appropriate software to crack your password. One such tool available
in Ubuntu repositories, is aircrack-ng.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy


WPA is also weak. One should use WPA2. In your case: WPA2-PSK.


Use a strong password with more than 11 characters.


A good password generator for the terminal that I am using, both for
the Web and Locally is apg (available in the repositories).


It has two modes, one is alphanumeric passwords, that can be
pronounced, which I think is the most convenient, and  the second is
all-characters passwords.

Myself currently prefer the first mode, because it can be easily
pronounced and set to other PCs, both for Local stuff and the Web.


Examples of the two modes:


Produces alphanumeric, pronounceable passwords, with minimum length of
characters 30, and maximum length of characters 40.

apg -a 0 -m 30 -x 40



Produces all characters passwords, with minimum length of characters
30, and maximum length of characters 40.

apg -a 1 -m 30 -x 40


I suggest the first mode (-a 0).


In your case I suggest you use the above lengths at least, that is min
30, max 40 characters.


After setting WPA2 passwords, reboot your systems and check if you
still notice the slow down.





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Ioannis Vranos

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