Can a router support more than one security mode?

I have a LinkSys WRT300N router. I currently use Mac Filtering and
WEP as my security measure.

I recently got a new laptop that has Intel 4965AGN wireless card. In
order to get Wireless-N on this card it must use WPA-APS or higher.

Eventhough my router would support WPA, I have 2 TiVos that only
support WEP.

Other than buying new adapters for my TiVos (not the most economic
investiment), is there a way to configure my router to use WEP for the
two TiVos and WPA for the PCs?

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:07:34 -0700 (PDT), Liz <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I have a LinkSys WRT300N router. I currently use Mac Filtering and
>WEP as my security measure.
>
>I recently got a new laptop that has Intel 4965AGN wireless card. In
>order to get Wireless-N on this card it must use WPA-APS or higher.
>
>Eventhough my router would support WPA, I have 2 TiVos that only
>support WEP.
>
>Other than buying new adapters for my TiVos (not the most economic
>investiment), is there a way to configure my router to use WEP for the
>two TiVos and WPA for the PCs?

Any of the routers that support more than one SSID will do the trick.
I use Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 or Linksys WRT54G with Linksys DD-WRT v24
firmware, which supports up to 16 (???) SSID's, each with their own
independent encryption methods.
<http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3710791>
<http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3714521>
Note that pages 2-3 are for reconfiguring the VLAN's so that computers
that are on different SSID's cannot see each other. If you don't care
about this isolation feature, then none of the iptables tweaking is
required.


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Liz wrote:
> I have a LinkSys WRT300N router. I currently use Mac Filtering and
> WEP as my security measure.
>
> I recently got a new laptop that has Intel 4965AGN wireless card. In
> order to get Wireless-N on this card it must use WPA-APS or higher.
>
> Eventhough my router would support WPA, I have 2 TiVos that only
> support WEP.
>
> Other than buying new adapters for my TiVos (not the most economic
> investiment), is there a way to configure my router to use WEP for the
> two TiVos and WPA for the PCs?
Please note that for the last year aleast TIVO no longer requires WEP.
I've been using WPA for that amount of time.

Thank you very much. I upgraded my firmware to DD-WRT and it works
like magic.
I now have 2 SSID on my router, one running WPA2 and one running WEP.

Only problem: I used to be able to get about 270Mbps for my Wireless-
N. But Now I can't seem to get more than 103Mbps.

Did you have this problem? Can you shed some light on why this
happens?

Thanks!

On Jun 7, 3:54*pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:07:34 -0700 (PDT), Liz <lizy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have a LinkSys WRT300N router. *I currently use Mac Filtering and
> >WEP as my security measure.
>
> >I recently got a new laptop that has Intel 4965AGN wireless card. *In
> >order to get Wireless-N on this card it must use WPA-APS or higher.
>
> >Eventhough my router would support WPA, I have 2 TiVos that only
> >support WEP.
>
> >Other than buying new adapters for my TiVos (not the most economic
> >investiment), is there a way to configure my router to use WEP for the
> >two TiVos and WPA for the PCs?
>
> Any of the routers that support more than one SSID will do the trick.
> I use Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 or Linksys WRT54G with Linksys DD-WRT v24
> firmware, which supports up to 16 (???) SSID's, each with their own
> independent encryption methods.
> <http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3710791>
> <http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3714521>
> Note that pages 2-3 are for reconfiguring the VLAN's so that computers
> that are on different SSID's cannot see each other. *If you don't care
> about this isolation feature, then none of the iptables tweaking is
> required.
>
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> Jeff Liebermann * * je...@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558

Hi! Thanks for the info. Yes, I'm aware that TiVo now supports
WPA.
However, in order to use WPA I have to use their USB wireless card.
I currently have DLink's DWL-122 for both TiVos and they have worked
fine. I didn't want to spend $60 each to upgrade the USB controller.

Thanks!

On Jun 7, 4:54*pm, Pen <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Liz wrote:
> > I have a LinkSys WRT300N router. *I currently use Mac Filtering and
> > WEP as my security measure.
>
> > I recently got a new laptop that has Intel 4965AGN wireless card. *In
> > order to get Wireless-N on this card it must use WPA-APS or higher.
>
> > Eventhough my router would support WPA, I have 2 TiVos that only
> > support WEP.
>
> > Other than buying new adapters for my TiVos (not the most economic
> > investiment), is there a way to configure my router to use WEP for the
> > two TiVos and WPA for the PCs?
>
> Please note that for the last year aleast TIVO no longer requires WEP.
> I've been using WPA for that amount of time.

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:35:27 -0700 (PDT), Liz <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Thank you very much. I upgraded my firmware to DD-WRT and it works
>like magic.
>I now have 2 SSID on my router, one running WPA2 and one running WEP.
>
>Only problem: I used to be able to get about 270Mbps for my Wireless-
>N. But Now I can't seem to get more than 103Mbps.
>
>Did you have this problem? Can you shed some light on why this
>happens?

Oh crap.

<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT300N>
What hardware version do you have? 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0?
"(As of July, 2007) WRT300N version 1.1 or 2 is NOT supported."

Is this the version you downloaded?
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/v24/Broadcom/Linksys/WRT300N_v1/dd-wrt.v24_mini_wrt300n.bin>
Note that it's the "mini" version, which lacks some features.

It appears (i.e. my guess) that DD-WRT does not support modes faster
than Afterburner (about 108Mbits/sec). I ran into the same problem
with the WRT600N. It wouldn't work on the 5.7GHz 802.11a channels and
wouldn't do MIMO speeds.

You might ask the same question in the DD-WRT Forums (under Broadcom):
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1>

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Hi! Thank you again.

I have version 1.0. I upgraded to mini. I originally also upgraded
from mini to std. However, I found std rather unstable. My router
would reboot for no reason and saving and apply settings often hang
the web UI. The only feature in std that I am interested in that mini
does not have was Mac Filtering. However, I also found Mac Filtering
did not work for the viturals. So I figured I'd stay with mini.

OK, I will go check the DD-WRT forums.

Thanks again! You have been great help!

On Jun 8, 10:14*am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:35:27 -0700 (PDT), Liz <lizy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Thank you very much. *I upgraded my firmware to DD-WRT and it works
> >like magic.
> >I now have 2 SSID on my router, one running WPA2 and one running WEP.
>
> >Only problem: I used to be able to get about 270Mbps for my Wireless-
> >N. *But Now I can't seem to get more than 103Mbps.
>
> >Did you have this problem? *Can you shed some light on why this
> >happens?
>
> Oh crap. *
>
> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT300N>
> What hardware version do you have? *1.0, 1.1, or 2.0?
> "(As of July, 2007) WRT300N version 1.1 or 2 is NOT supported."
>
> Is this the version you downloaded?
> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/v24/Broadcom/Linksys/WRT300N...>
> Note that it's the "mini" version, which lacks some features.
>
> It appears (i.e. my guess) that DD-WRT does not support modes faster
> than Afterburner (about 108Mbits/sec). *I ran into the same problem
> with the WRT600N. *It wouldn't work on the 5.7GHz 802.11a channels and
> wouldn't do MIMO speeds. *
>
> You might ask the same question in the DD-WRT Forums (under Broadcom):
> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1>
>
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> Jeff Liebermann * * je...@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558