How to secure wireless network

kitekat

Can anyone tell me in laymans terms (not techy savvy)how to secure my wireless network on my laptop,as i think others in my block are using it.Cheerz

Jaffa.

What make and modle of router do you possess?

kitekat

My router is a Linksys WKPC54G

Jaffa.

http://www.geocities.com/kilian0072002/wireless_net/wireless_net_sec1.html

That should help you

The deafult log-in for the router is username: admin and password: admin and you can log into the router via http://192.168.1.1

kitekat

My router is only connected to my sons pc in his room,how do i set it up to connect to my wireless laptop.

Jaffa.

You set your laptop up to connect to the router. On your laptop you need to scan for wireless networks, find your's and then enter your pre-shared key and thats it.

kitekat

I can find my wireless network but where do i find my pre shared key and where do i enter it on my laptop.

pcombo

probably best having it set to WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) so most connections can support.

Just enter a normal password that you would use probably more than 8 digits long.

kitekat

Sorry but i have no idea where to enter these.

Jaffa.

kitekat wrote: »

I can find my wireless network but where do i find my pre shared key and where do i enter it on my laptop.

Make sure your wireless is turned on (there's normally a little switch on the laptop with a wireless icon)

Are you on Windows Vista/XP/Linux?

kitekat

Wireless is on,I am on XP