SR and Linksys with WEP

[jweber]

Has anyone gotten the SqueezeBox Radio to work with a Linksys router, using WEP security?

I'm using a LinkSys WRT110 wireless router, with 64-bit WEP. After I enter the password, the Radio tries to connect for a while, then fails. I've updated to the latest firmware, and I've tried setting the router's Authentication Type to both "Auto" and "Shared Key" (the latter was necessary to get my SqueezeBox 1 to work).

If I use WPA instead, it works. I know that's more secure, but I'd like to continue using my SqueezeBox 1, which only supports WEP. Any ideas?

[dklingner]

I have the same issue with my router and don't want to lose the use of my older squeezebox devices. So far Logitech is stating it a problem with specific wireless routers but since so many people are having a problem with a wide array of routers I think it is a problem with the SB radio.

Logitech?

[jweber]

Anyone know if there's any kind of logging or diagnostics we could use, to figure out why it can't connect?

[davein]

On 1/9/2010 4:39 PM, jweber wrote:
> Anyone know if there's any kind of logging or diagnostics we could use,
> to figure out why it can't connect?
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Did you look at this?
*http://tinyurl.com/yhtdkwm*

[jweber]

Yep. Everything's set up according to their recommendations, and I don't have MAC filtering turned on.

[davein]

On 1/9/2010 6:39 PM, jweber wrote:
> Yep. Everything's set up according to their recommendations, and I don't
> have MAC filtering turned on.
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I had to change my WEP-sep settings to get it to connect on my Netlink.

[stridger]

What exactly is the point of using WEP? It's just as secure as using no encryption nowadays and having an unencrypted network is so much easier. No need to tediously input the password with the scrolly-wheel-thingy.

There are tools out there that can hack into any WEP network within 10 minutes and require no prior knowledge of the user. All it takes is typing "hack WEP" into Google.

My philosophy is either run WPA2-AES (if I need the security and all my devices support it) or run unecrypted (if I don't care). Everything else (especially WEP!) gives a false sense of security.

[Adam_F]

Not sure if this helps, but I have just tried to connect my Radio to a wireless router (Thomson ST585v6) using a 64 bit WEP key comprising 5 random letters. As described above, the Radio refused to connect after repeated attempts. Then, I changed the key to 5 digits (01234 in my case) and oddly the Radio then connected without any problems.

I also have a number of older devices where support for WPA is either absent or buggy. My solution was to get a cheap wireless access point off eBay and connect it to the wireless router. That way I can run two wiress networks in parallel - a WPA one I leave on all the time, and a WEP one I enable only when one of the older devices is in use.