> WEP is completely unsafe though, aircrack and related tools can crack it > with relative ease. Unless you live in the wilderness WPA is a > necessity (and I use ssh tunnels for everything, including all web > traffic proxied through one, inside that in addition). If you are worried about security then run an ipsec or similar encrypted tunnel and don't bother with WEP or WPA or anything but the tunnel. That way and card works and the management is much easier