[LMB] OLPC-XO1 OT:

[Mark Allums]

Pouncer at aol.com wrote:
> David McMillan _skyefire at skyefire.org_ (mailto:skyefire at skyefire.org) 
>>> (which  turned out a bit like taking my uber-cute 4-yo nephew with me to 
>>>  the mall -- chick *magnet*), 
>  
> Wellll,
>  
> Dweeb magnet.  My kids had ours out at the school board meeting  and the
> tech support guy for the district came running over, then motioned in  the
> rest of the tech staff ...  
>  
> Not that there aren't check dweebs, dweeb chicks, etc.  
>  
> I can't get the consarned thing to work on the home wireless system.
> Library, Starbucks, etc, no problem. Home -- not so much.   Some  sort
> of difficulty getting the WEP string in right, I think. 


WEP?   Aieeeee!!!!!  Surely you mean WPA don't you?   WEP can be cracked 
in about 5 minutes, now.  WPA takes a whole day.  The best bet is WPA2, 
if your router supports it.  It it isn't supported by the XBox 360, or 
many unpatched computers, so you may need to fall back on WPA, which is 
better than nothing.  (WEP is nothing.)

It's worth buying a new router for WPA/WPA2.  Look for a firmware update 
for yours.

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Mark Allums