[Eug-lug] WPA with WEP?

[Spugee at nortopia.net]

Well I got a Wii .. and it found my network with WPA2 no problemo.. if 
thats any consolation it seems they are catching up.

The first thing the Wii did was check and upgrade its firmware .. maybe 
if you just got the DS on long enough to update itself it would then do 
WPA ?

Mark

Rob Hudson wrote:
> I thought about a 2nd wireless router that did WEP but wouldn't it be 
> over the same frequency?  Oh, but I just thought about the channels. 
> They could be over different channels, right?
> 
> The DS does provide it's MAC address, so I could do it that way.  My 
> preference would be to buy a cheap WAP and bridge it to the Linksys, 
> possibly over ethernet and keep them in the same closet.
> 
> What else do I need to know?
> 
> -Rob
> 
> Ben Barrett wrote:
>> AFAIK the radios support only one [encryption] mode at a time; I've 
>> seen mode-hopping for certain but not normal uses...
>> So unless I missed something too I think you'd either need to run a 
>> 2nd router (or make a 1-1 connection for the DS Lite).
>> If the current conclusions that WPA is better than WEP hold up, and 
>> you're using WPA for general usage,
>> then you'd be advised to further lock down whatever WEP connection to 
>> do bridge to your WAN/LAN, for instance:
>>
>> Does the DS need to reach only the WAN, or other LAN devices? (aside 
>> from its ad-hoc wifi -- provide on the routing needed)
>> Can you further lock down the WEP radio to only talk to your DS's MAC 
>> address?  This might hinder visitors' DS's... up to you.
>>
>> Seems to me like a spare WEP device ona  system you can control 
>> routing on would do the trick.  :)
>> If you don't have a routing computer power on enough of the time, then 
>> it seems like a spare cheap router would be needed.
>>
>>     Ben
>>
>>
>> On 1/8/07, *Rob Hudson* <rob at euglug.net <mailto:rob at euglug.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     I got a Nintendo DS Lite for Christmas.  Unfortunately it doesn't
>>     support wireless using WPA, only WEP.  Since I don't have any hard 
>> wired
>>     systems in my house I'd rather not downgrade the security of my
>>     wireless.  I've got a Linksys WRT-54 -- one of the good ones, and 
>> it's
>>     running the stock software.
>>
>>     Is there a way to offer both WPA and WEP from the same router?  Is it
>>     even a good idea?  Are there other options for keeping my wireless
>>     secure but allowing my DS Lite to connect?
>>
>>     -Rob
>>
>>
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