Home wireless security level?

A clear field of view and a targeting range in excess of the WAP's range should be sufficient security.

Hiding the SSID and/or MAC whitelisting will make it a bit tougher for a casual attacker. BUT, a casual attacker will be totally defeated by WPA2. If whoever is attacking you is able to break WPA2, then the hidden SSID and MAC whitelist will offer you zero protection against them.

Thus, they're pointless and an inconvenience to legitimate users. My dad is obsessed with MAC whitelists which is a pain as every time I take my laptop over there I have to wait while he reconfigures the fricking router (yes, he deletes the entry when I leave).

Disabling DHCP is the most ludicrous option. The only way this could make your home network more secure is if it is an open network and you want to prevent devices from automatically connecting. Do you really think someone is going to crack your WPA2 encryption, spoof your MAC address, and then give up because they don't feel like configuring a static IP address? Or is there actually some valid security reason for disabling DHCP?

Care to restart it again with a correct list of "least to most secure" options?

But what if someone cracked your WPA and instead of using DHCP they assigned themselves a static IP outside of the DHCP pool?

Firstly, a hidden SSID is pointless and trivial to snoop (and if you've turned on the option to connect if it is not broadcasting your devices call out the SSID constantly). Secondly your MAC address is broadcast in the clear regardless of your network encryption, anyone can easily find these by watching wireless traffic.

A relatively unique SSID (as in, unlikely to be in an existing rainbow table) paired with a reasonable password is all that is required to secure a personal wifi network.

Some people have a need to feel special, like they know some trick that gives them the upper hand over the teeming masses. Relying on a strong protocol and a good password... well that's no good - even non-techies can do that!

Between eeeeeeevil NSA agent driving up to my home and surfing porn with my Google-acquired credentials and neighbour's kid discovering Backtrack pwning my WEP network or a passing by wardriver doing same, one is about as likely as winning jackpot in a lottery by finding a ticket on the street, and another like getting 2:1 payment back on one ticket from a thousand you bought.

It's like saying "Well, a nicely placed C4 charge would blow this safe open anyways, so I might as well just hide my money in my old sock"

PS: Most eeeeeevil NSA agents are not even on the same continent with me, you USA-centric prick.

How about restarting it again to get rid of the absolutely idiotic choices. Please stop promoting the misconception that MAC filtering, SSID hiding, or DHCP disabling are worth anything at all for network security. All any of those three do is make legitimate use harder while not hindering an attacker in the slightest. Does anyone think there are people who can crack WPA2 but can't run Wireshark for 15 seconds to see both legitimate MACs and the IP scheme?

And you think everyone can crack WPA2 ?
MAC filtering is usually good enough when you live in a small village.
Not everybody is an IT specialist there you know, barely anyone knows what "kismet" mean.
I'm not saying you should MAC address filtering anyway as it's very unsafe and it's a pity to setup, I'm just stating the facts.

Problem is Slashdot no longer has anyone working here that knows anything about technology.

You wanted the Slashdot from 10 years ago, it's gone.