Someone hacked my friend's wifi.

[Egon]

The guy changed her password and is lagging up her connection. Is there anything she can do besides having me rehack it only to have him hack it again? She said that she has WEP. Suggestions anyone?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Reset the router. Hold down the reset button in the back and then go into the configuration and set a new password.

 

[brian]

And tell her to use WPA2-PSK next time

 

[ETSA]

Yea, WEP is not very secure for a determined hacker, quite easy actually.

 

[dznutz]

as mentioned used wpa2 with random words/numbers not found in the dictionary. japanese or german works quite well

 

[TrainTrackHack]

With the tools available nowadays all it takes is a script kiddie with a cheap laptop to break in a WEP-encrypted network, and there are lots of them... as said, use WPA2, that's something that your average "hacker" won't be bothered trying to hack.

 

[Le GoogelGuRu]

As the others have said, use WPA.

 

[Geoff]

As the others have said, use WPA.

You want to use WPA2, not WPA (if your router supports it). WPA2 is much more secure.

 

[Motoxrdude]

You want to use WPA2, not WPA (if your router supports it). WPA2 is much more secure.

x2. WPA2 is "amateur hacker" proof.

 

[brian]

x2. WPA2 is "amateur hacker" proof.

Correct, also use AES instead of tkip (if your hardware support it) TKIP has been hacked about 2 weeks ago.

 

[Egon]

I'll have to ask and see what model router she has the next time I see her.

 

[Motoxrdude]

I am sure you will be fine with WPA though. Most people who drive around hacking WIFIs are looking for the easiest thing to crack. It is unbeleivable how easy WEP is to hack. Most people though don't know how to hack WPA and even if they do, like i said, they are looking for the easiest WIFIs to hack so they will move onto the next network.