MAC Filtering + WEP - How unsecure is it?

[RuudJacobs.NET]

I cracked a lot of wep networks and macfilter is no extra line of defence as long as one 'allowed' client is connected to the router.

But, I have a DS myself and had a WPA2 AES 128 bits key before, but then I thought, I wanna use my DS and the only one in a radius of 4 km who can crack wep keys is me, if they'd want my data - which is totally not important they'll get it anyhow and my network, if it is used by someone I'll notice because I download @ 12 mbit steady almost 24/7 :p My password for the router is like 12+ A-Z/a-z/0-9 characters so no-one will crack that before I renew it. I by the way challenge anyone to get into my router or cap my 256 bits encrypted SSL connection to it :p Nothing will happen in a long time, and when something happens, I just lock 'em out. My internal network policy is also including 12+ char passwords between computers, so no worries.

[+BudMan MVC]

WEP has little to do with your routers password.. To access your routers interface -- they would already have to be on your network, and how allows access to the web ui from the wireless anyway?

As to this statement;

"the only one in a radius of 4 km who can crack wep keys is me"

So you live on some kind mental hospital estate? All the people in this 4km radius where you live are so stupid they are more likely to drown on their own drool -- is that what your saying? ;)

Any 8 year old that can search google can crack WEP in a few minutes.

@ "lol, that's my point mate"

Yup -- I was just driving it home, did not like "has all the time" part of your post ;) People might take that the wrong way - ie that wpa-psk could be brute forced in say some reasonable finite amount of time, 1 week, month, etc.. is all

[RuudJacobs.NET]

Well, it has everything to do with it since wep is walk-in-please-security. Since I know and maintain all the people's computers, which are in and out of range of my network, and their APs; yes I'm really the only one. This thread, however wasn't about me but about the OP, I think you're safe, if they want to get in they get in anyway and this way you're pretty safe for the average 'lets leech on an unprotected network"-user.