What's the best & most secure wireless router for the money? It looks like my neighbour(s) have hacked my network secured with WPA2, so I'm looking for something with a builtin 802.11x / RADIUS server.
Right now, ME has the Asus RT-N56U for $110 and the N66U for $160. I'm also willing to look at small business APs like the Linksys WAP4410N for $200. What's the best bang for the buck?![]()
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:05 AM #1
What is the best/most secure wireless router?
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:13 AM #2
Did you use a strong passphrase? You might also create a decoy AP with weaker security and throttle/log them mercilessly.
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:15 AM #3
How did you determine that they were able to hack it? WPA2 is unlikely to be hacked with a strong passphrase.
http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/.../generator.php
Perhaps you have a WPS enabled router. If you do, check to make sure you disable it. It's possible you might have a router where WPS isn't actually disabled even when configured to do so. What do you currently use?
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:30 AM #4
My passphrase was of moderate strength, but I've changed it to a much stronger strength passphrase. My WPS has been disabled for a long time. The problem with WPS is that it can still be used even though it's disabled in the firmware. It's some sort of flaw in the system just like there's a fatal flaw in WEP and there's minor flaws in WPA that make it vulnerable.
I know I've been hacked when I check the list of clients. All my clients have a standard naming convention, so when 2 new connected clients with names I don't recognize popped up, I know I've been hacked.
I'm currently running a Dlink DIR-655 version A4 firmware version 1.21NA. The newer firmwares are not as stable and lower performance compared to 1.21._______________
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:37 AM #5
Keep your current router plugged in but with extremely low bandwidth limits and buy another one with the SSID broadcast turned off. Should trick anyone who thinks they already bypassed your security.
As for the replacement, anything that can run ddwrt should be immune to the WPS trick as it doesnt support WPS.Last edited by Agafaba; Jul 6th, 2012 at 01:40 AM.
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Jul 6th, 2012 04:08 AM #6
Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4620L by Novatel Wireless is a good wireless router.
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Jul 6th, 2012 07:52 AM #7
Wireless
Keep your router and wireless seperate
I hate wireless, but with the proliferation of tablets, I am forced to install a wireless access point
I use the Cisco WAP321, it includes a radius server
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solut...nts/index.html
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Jul 6th, 2012 08:05 AM #8
You can, of course, use RADIUS, or similar. With enough compute horsepower, of course, these can be still cracked.
Another approach is to run a relatively insecure wireless network (well not really -- WPA2 is still fairly secure), and then run a VPN encapsulation layer ontop of such, where the VPN facilitates access to your network resources, and, if applicable, the broader Internet. An intruder, therefore, would have to break into both the wireless, as well as the VPN facility.
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Jul 6th, 2012 08:25 AM #9
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Jul 6th, 2012 08:42 AM #10
What about filtering by MAC address.
Since you know all your devices and don't accept guests this could be an additional layer.
I know these can spoofed but as long as your devices remain connected it's first come first served right?
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Jul 6th, 2012 11:35 AM #13
I don't think you need anything fancy. Any Tomato/DD-WRT based routers should do the trick.
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Jul 6th, 2012 11:42 AM #14_______________
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Jul 6th, 2012 01:52 PM #15
How strong does a WPA2 AES passphrase need to be?
Is something like "correcthorsebatterystaple" sufficient?
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