are wireless routers digitally scrambled?

[igracgq]

I was just wondering if the wireless routers are digitally scrambled just like my cordless phone in my house is. This way it will be pretty much impossible to hack a wireless router. Because I heard that people can easily hack into your wireless network at home with a simple cracking program, so I was wondering if this is possible with digitally scrambled wireless router to be preveneted.

Thanks

 

[AndrewTait]

Wireless routers are not digitally scrambled.

They employ encryption in the form of WPA(WiFi Protected Access) or WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WPA is stroger than WEP, but neither are fool proof.

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[igracgq]

interesting.... so why wouldn't they make digitally scrambled routers and make them as secure as cordless phones instead of making they employ encryption which can be hacked?

 

[dput]

I believe that the issue would be interoperability. With the cordless phones, you must use the same brand of phone as the receiver and they have to be coded to work together. I would not want this requirement with my notebook computer and my wireless access point. We expect a lot of freedom to move from AP to AP. I think encryption is the only practical solution.

Dan

 

[igracgq]

excellent point... i never looked at it that way

thanks