Building just got wireless, they turned on WEP
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:04 pm
We just got Internet and wireless in our ward building. Yeah!
The ISP was DSL as it was the cheapest. Sadly Internet access in our area is much higher in price compared to other areas so we only got 1.5mbps/896kbps speeds.
In addition to the ISP provided modem we got an ASA firewall and Cisco wireless access point. Interesting enough they enabled WEP encryption versus WPA or none.
Has anyone else had WEP versus WPA enabled for their units?
I asked the FM group about this, but they said changing to WPA would require paying a service tech and cost more money so they weren't going to do it. I thought CHQ managed the devices and configuration though?
They mentioned they weren't worried about the security, but I know from experience the things are easy to crack. For now I've enabled the firewall on the local clerk computer to act as a shield.
The ISP was DSL as it was the cheapest. Sadly Internet access in our area is much higher in price compared to other areas so we only got 1.5mbps/896kbps speeds.
In addition to the ISP provided modem we got an ASA firewall and Cisco wireless access point. Interesting enough they enabled WEP encryption versus WPA or none.
Has anyone else had WEP versus WPA enabled for their units?
I asked the FM group about this, but they said changing to WPA would require paying a service tech and cost more money so they weren't going to do it. I thought CHQ managed the devices and configuration though?
They mentioned they weren't worried about the security, but I know from experience the things are easy to crack. For now I've enabled the firewall on the local clerk computer to act as a shield.