Mcafee wireless home network security.

[petrosky]

Hi,

I was wondering whether anybody had heard anything about this for use in a home wifi network?

Or perhaps any other ideas on locking one down securely (other than WEP)

http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=250

Thanks for any ideas/insight.

Peter

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[JoshT976]

I had this software thinking that configuration would be an ease being thats its a McAfee product.

I attempted to use this product to protect my home wifi network and whenver the McAfee product was running, my network connection would drop. According to the McAfee troubleshooting site, its a very common problem

Tech support did their best to help, but they dont really know anything other than how to point you back to the troubleshooting guide.

My troubleshooting ticket resulted in an email back to me from the Director of Research & Development at McAfee to assist me in getting their software up and running.

He sent me registry hacks, and needed a capture of my system information.

In the end it was just too much. I uninstalled the product and dont use it anymore

Have you found any other "easy to implement" solutions?
I tried LucidLink and may other Radius Servers.

Lucidlink didnt work the way I needed it to, and other Radius servers were way too complicated for me to configure.

 

[petrosky]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback.

I'm tech support here at work and we are looking at deploying wifi PDA's to the sales staff so that pricing & specs can be up to the minute accurate...

After reading of the MANY vulnerabilities with wifi use...I am very hesitant to roll out this technology without appropriate checks & balances.

I think we may have to head down the Radius server road ourselves, although I agree it is a complicated business.

Maybe wifi vendors will have something "bullet proof" soon.

Regards,

Peter


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