[TriLUG] why not IPSec for encryption for wifi

[John Broome]

On 7/25/06, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> I just found out the IPSec works with ipv4 (I last played
> with ipv6 about 8yrs ago and dropped it when I realised I
> could only talk to myself with ipv6).
>
> IPSec seems to handle the encryption that WEP and WPA are
> doing. Why isn't IPSec used instead of WEP and WPA?


Wardriving around my neighborhood i see that joe and jane public can't
get a grasp on wep/wpa.  Throwing ipsec in there, along with setting
it up on the router/client would probably be a little much to ask.