I keep reading comments criticizing inadequately protected Access Points as though they are common. This seems to presume the need for some technical understanding for a properly configured Wi-Fi setup and that naturally gives me concern that my home wireless setup is vulnerable.
I simply opened the manual & followed the instructions to a Tee. All I did to set up my D Link DI-624 was make up a silly SSID name and assign a 26 character HEX value for a PASSWORD. I did not enable Pier-to-Pier. I don?t recall that there was anything else I could do. Did I overlook something? Seems too simple ? Is my setup as secure as can be?
Is there some homeowner-priced software (or freeware) that could alert me if someone trying to break in, or is actually using my home internet connection? Since they would be behind my firewall, what about an intruder?s access to the internet printers, and the shared scanner?
The DI-624 is my only firewall since the D Link DWL-520G PCI cards I have wouldn?t communicate with the Access Point with a firewall running on the machine. So couldn?t anyone that gets in see the computers too? Could they take control? Wow! Just what I don?t need is my banking info stolen and all the hard drives reformatted.
A related thought – I read an article awhile back that named a piece of freeware that allegedly could allow a laptop to break 64 bit Wi-Fi protection in less than 30 minutes. If this is true, just how good is the 128 bit protection (26 Hex characters) I?m using with my DI-624? It?s up 24/7.
