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Originally Posted by Freezebyte
WEP useless for protecting wireless, switch to WPA2.
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They are only useless if there is someone you know is very clever at computers, and feels your internet is superior than others. WEP is easily crackable and can be done with no prior information about the network in under 4 minutes with an average computer. WPA can be cracked just as fast if your password is something that you could find in a dictionary. It takes considerably longer to hack if it is a non-dictionary word. In the real world, any password will stop your average internet leechers from getting some free internet access, but it will always be able to be broken into if someone with the knowhow really really wanted to(example: to steal secret plans, or credit card info)