smith2287 wrote:Hey ppietro
This answer very nice
I would like to know that wireless router is good solution in terms of security of network?
Well - anytime you have a wireless network you have a security risk. You're broadcasting your network packets into the open air, so theoretically others could receive them and decode them.
You can mitigate this risk by using wireless encryption on your wireless network. You may have heard of terms like WEP and WPA - these are encryption methods for your wireless access point.
WEP is not too secure - there are ways to crack a WEP network fairly easily. Still - it can deter casual snooping. WPA is considered fairly safe, but has been replaced by WPA2.
See here for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacyand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_AccessPersonally - of the three Wireless networks I have running in my house, two are WEP and one is WPA. The WPA is a mission critical internal system - the two WEP networks are NAT'd and firewalled from the rest of my network.
Even though WEP is compromised, as long as you have firewall and anti-virus software on your computer, and you only transmit personal data via secure web connections (i.e. SSL, https, etc.), you should be fine. As long as you're aware of the risks, you can compute safely - you just need to know what you're dealing with and how you can be compromised.
Here's some further reading:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/20 ... curity.arsCheers,
Paul
P.S. If you're using WEP, one of the best things to do is use Open Authentication - not Shared Key. It sounds backwards, but the wikipedia link for WEP I posted above explains why.