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Any way to segment my home network?

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Minjin

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I've always been very wary of wireless networks. It seems like all the standards for wireless encryption are gradually crumbling. The only one we have left is WPA2, right? So that's why I wired my whole house for ethernet some time ago. However, I'm starting to use wireless devices more often. In the past, since it would just be a few minutes of use, I would hop on a neighbor's network. Since I'm starting to use it more often, it's time to set up my own wireless access point.

One problem I'm having is that with WPA2 set on my router, neither my laptop nor my phone are connecting. They will connect, though, if I drop my encryption down to WPA. Since I have my drives shared on my network, I'm not too comfortable with that lower level of security. So, I'm thinking about somehow segmenting my wireless portion from my wired portion. If I have any heavy transfers or need to access files on my home network, I don't mind being forced to plug in.

Current equipment is a DI-524 router. It's time for expansion anyways since not all of my ports in my house are connected. Any suggestions?
 
WPA-TKIP is NOT functionally breakable encryption. Use that, don't share your key, make it long, and change it often, and you won't have anything to worry about.
 
As drebo notes, WPA is still usable technology. The cracks are coming from the use of simple and short passkeys, which are easily avoided.
 
The recent news of them "breaking" WPA-TKIP was IMO, very VERY misleading. It's still functional to use and honestly, I wouldn't be worried about your data on it anyway. If you want uber security, just use WPA2 (or WPA with AES, they're both the same). But it wasn't cracked the same way WEP was. If you want a better explanation, actually read what they cracked with it but it's not how it's making it sound, they're making it sound a lot worse than what really happened. And not to sound mean but the average Joe could easily get by with WEP and not have a problem, no casual passer by is going to try breaking WEP to use your internet when someone down the road probably has theirs wide open. Businesses however are a different story.

Also, here's a story on it, pay attention to page 2:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/wpa-cracked.ars
 
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