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| Author: | shawnmcilnay [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:25 pm ] |
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Hi Fellas, I decided to get more secure with my wireless network at home. I did manage to reset the factory password on my WAP router. I'm wondering how to set a password so that only authorized users can connect to my network. I think right now someone could park in front of my house with their wireless laptop and surf the web. I've read through the manual that came with the Linksys router but to no avail. Reads like stereo instructions. Please help, Thanks, Shawn PS. Recently moved to Omaha, NE. The weather was just too nice in Colorado, mountains too beautiful so we moved. Any OLFers around here? |
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| Author: | JBreault [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:17 pm ] |
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Shawn, type 192.168.0.1 into the address line in your browser. This should take you into your router. From here, you should be able to set your WAP security. If you are super concerned sbout somebody breaking in, go with the 128 bit incription. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:34 am ] |
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WEP encryption is probably the easiest way to do that. If you've got hacker neighbors or a corporate network and really want to lock things down, you can use MAC filtering. Each individual network card has it's own unique MAC address, and you can figure out what MAC address is of for every computer or device that you want to use with your wireless network, and only allow those specific devices on your network. That's pretty much overkill for most home networks, and it's a pain if you have a friend come over with a laptop that wants to use your network. I grew up in Omaha, but I don't live there anymore, though my folks still live there. I've never seen him on any online forums, but there's a guy named John Hargiss in the Benson area (~60th and Maple) with a shop on Maple street. He's real friendly and outgoing. I used to work at a bicycle shop at the 90th and Maple area. So years before I was into guitar building, I brought my strat in to have him route the pickup cavities for deeper pickups, and in trade I tuned up his wife's mountain bike. I remember he showed me a pic of a double neck guitar/mando that he had built and sold. That was about 14-15 years ago, but I'm pretty sure he's still around. |
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| Author: | shawnmcilnay [ Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:11 pm ] |
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Joe and Jon, Thanks for the help on the router. Jon, I'll look for John Hargiss. If you haven't been to Omaha lately, you might not recogize it. We live at 163rd and Maple and they've nearly got houses all the way to Elkhorn. I'll be teaching at Bennington High School and they are filling in 156th north to Bennington with houses. My brother has lived here ten years and is constantly amazed at the growth. Thanks, Shawn |
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