Wireless WEP key

[Viper]

lo all

trying to get my PS3 to find my wireless network at home, but i have to put in the WEP key. how do i find that???

cheearse

[s3an]

should be on the back of your router mate :y:

[Viper]

ta, ill have a look

EDIT:

got it. cheers :y:

my bro has actually written it on it. lol

[Harv]

Yea should be on the router mate. Its a 26 digit key with numbers and letters :y:. Can be a bummer to type in ;)

[Ryan]

check your router

[Viper]

26??

the one ive got is 10. lol

[Karl]

WEP is dead unreliable and not secure.
get your brother to change it to a WPA-PSK key when/if he can :)

[Viper]

ill suggest that to him craig :y: cheers

how is it unreliable?

and security wise..

neighbours arent close enough to steal the connection. lol

[s3an]

lol it is a 10 character key normally

[Ryan]

easy to hack.

[Harv]

Oh well....mines a 26 digit one :P. Just looked under the box to check :y:.

[Karl]

well, a home connection generally doesnt need to be uber secure Viper,
but for example,
there are programs out there,
that by just recieving your wireless signals, can tell the user the WEP key of that network. :D

[Toad]

How come everyone is finding their WEP keys on the actual router's casing? lol. I can't see why WEP wouldn't be strong enough security for a home broadband connection, but I see where you're coming from Soulless. A 26 character string would be a real pain to remember!

[s3an]

most routers for home use (dlink, linksys, belkin, speedtouch, bt homehub) have the default WEP key on a sticker on the back of the routers lol...

[Toad]

most routers for home use (dlink, linksys, belkin, speedtouch, bt homehub) have the default WEP key on a sticker on the back of the routers lol...

Oh right. I consoled to mine when I first configured it, so I set the security there and then. I didn't realise they came with one as standard. :y:

[saunders]

How come everyone is finding their WEP keys on the actual router's casing? lol. I can't see why WEP wouldn't be strong enough security for a home broadband connection, but I see where you're coming from Soulless. A 26 character string would be a real pain to remember!

Reason being that WEP's protcols make it very unsecure. It can be hacked in seconds:fcuk:
WPA is what you should be using

[Predator_R32]

i got mine on a business card with SKY

[Alex]

Even WPA is crackable, Best to use WPA and mac filters, but even then it's still possible.

[RCD-Performance]

64bit WEP is 10 digit, 128bit is 26 digit :)

[hellonpluto]

WPA or WPA2 is the way forward.

WEP keys can be cracked in minutes I've read.

For 64 bit WEP key
Type 5 ASCII character or 10 Hexadecimal digits leading by "0x", for example "AB312" or "0x4142333132".

For 128 bit WEP key
Type 13 ASCII character or 26 Hexadecimal digits leading by "0x", for example "0123456789abc" or "0x30313233343536373839414243".

[Clouds_mate]

i use WPA and lock down the router so only certain MAC addresses can access.

[betty02]

filter it by mac addresses

[Lozza_vtr]

i use WPA and lock down the router so only certain MAC addresses can access.

Yep, i do exactly the same fella. And i have never had any issues configuring it like this. :y:

[danzman1991]

I doubt anyone would ever try and "hack" your home router if you only secured it using WEP..

[b0t13]

cracking depends on the network, a heavy downloader on a network can speed up the cracking process but people that just general surf have 'more' secure connections because they dont send as many packets..

[betty02]

cracking depends on the network, a heavy downloader on a network can speed up the cracking process but people that just general surf have 'more' secure connections because they dont send as many packets..

I could crack a normal working network in less the 10 minutes, still thats nothing for free internet