Okay, and now that I have said all that....

I guess it really isn't any different then the brute force password attempts against my SSH server that I recieve on a regular basis. I do use very complex passwords (as well as pub-key auth on my SSH server-nevertheless I still get blasted with brute force password attacks!)

I suppose really, if I set up a wireless segment [perhaps for laptops] and used good application layer security to whereas no passwords were ever sent out in plain text-which I never do. ISP mail over SSL, server logins via SSH, SSL admin logins, sftp/scp, etc. and used a good complex password [which I always do] then in the end, it would be no different then the brute force password attacks against my SSH server.

So that being said, if I talk myself into setting up a wireless segment, can you recommend a good wireless card for Linux which can be used with WPA (or wpa_supplicant)