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Enabling WEP article
Authored by: leebennett on Dec 04, '02 12:28:57AM
I wrote an article that goes into further detail on this, and some of the reader comments on the page are also helpful. http://www.atpm.com/8.04/wifi.shtml

This article includes some info about the post on this page where someone talked about security and bandwidth loss. In a nutshell, sure, WEP is not completely secure and can be cracked, but it does prevent the casual wardriver from gaining access to your bandwidth. And as for the drop in bandwidth…yes, your throughput will decrease considerably for LAN transfers, but if you are only concerned about your internet bandwidth, your throughput will not suffer. WEP cuts bandwidth down to about 4-5 Mbps—vastly higher than then 1 or 2 Mbps speeds cable modems generally provide.

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