Please help me to secure my wireless network???

lnjk · 8 February 2005 at 9:15PM

Can someone help me to secure my wireless network as I have a snooper in the area!
How can I WEP Enable It? I have tried to enter words and numbers for the hexidecimal 'code' and entered it into the router and pc. This did not work.
I currently have mac filtering on but would like to make it more difficult for poaple to access my network.

Any suggestion would be great.

Woby_Tide · 8 February 2005 at 11:16PM

what router make is it? when you say you have tried entering words/numbers how do you know that hasn't worked, are you picking a long enough code(32 characters, I think?)

peter_the_planter · 9 February 2005 at 12:29AM

I would like to know also. I have Origo 7210 modem/router. I can set either 64 or 128bitkey lengths and I have the choice of 6 channels with 10 letters/numbers in each. If I choose one of them how do I configure the computer to read this channel? I tried going into the receivers properties>advanced and I can tick WEP enable. If I do so the key lengths are 5 and 13 charactors. I seem to be stuck and I am loath to experiment incase i am locked out.

Just found out I can change to hexadecimal 10charactors. If I put the same numbers in both the router and receiver(copy/paste) will they both talk to each other ok?

kingpuck · 9 February 2005 at 7:55AM

yes, you will need to enter the key on each of the computers that are going to be using your network.

Just to let you know that if someone really wants into your network then it doesnt take that long to get the key either, there are plenty of tools for doing it.

Another thing you should do is hide your ssid, I know that this doesn't make that much of a difference but it means that people have to actually be looking for your network to find it.

Woby_Tide · 9 February 2005 at 11:58AM

I'm tempted to tell that to 'belkin54g' who got a new wireless router for christmas somewhere near me

blinky · 9 February 2005 at 1:00PM

WEP isn't that hard to break (particularly 40bit). If your router and OS supports WPA (XP Sp2 I think is needed) then that is much more secure.

lnjk · 9 February 2005 at 8:53PM

Thanks

Have tries most of this but will have another go!

akmodi · 10 February 2005 at 7:01PM

HI Injk,

Simplest but very secure method is a combination of the 3 basic methods---wep it, hide SSID, MAC filter. At the end where you have the IP address range (eg: 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.200) change the second one the first plus exactly the number of WIRELESS PC's that you have ---so for 3 W'less PC's change to 192.169.0.103.

This way the system cannot give this snooper another IP address---even if he has broken in thur all that--so he cant log on.

And lastly, chnage the default passowrds----somehow--if he logs in----he can't change the setting if he wants.

BASic---but pretty secure.

Shawz · 17 February 2005 at 10:06AM

Sorry to sound a bit thick, but whats WPA

msdl28712 · 17 February 2005 at 12:15PM

The best way is through seeting the filter up in the router depending on your router make enter into the configuration and somewhere you will see the settings for access or filter (you will need to check with your manual router exactly where the options are.

Then in the MAC filter check Only allow computers with MAC address listed below to access the networkk then add the MAC address of the computers you have networked.

Then nobody outside these MAC addresses can access

durain · 17 February 2005 at 3:55PM

have a read here pn how to setup and secure your wireless...

http://www.tech24.arce.co.uk/routers/wireless.htm

Please help me to secure my wireless network???

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