Other people using your Broadband (Panorama 15th March)

[Deleted User]

If you want to restrict the ability to change the Routers settings then you need to look into disabling the option that allows anything other than a computer connected via Ethernet to do so.

silkyuk9

to be honest i still dont know how to get my my routers settings, interface etc.

im using a d-link model dsl 2640R

silkyuk9

aha, im now on the page where ive gone through the set up wizard and changed the password. now, how do i disconnect the wireless bit??

oops, i think ive done it, there is a tab to set up wireless, ive just unchecked the enable wireless box.

espresso

silkyuk9 wrote: »

to be honest i still dont know how to get my my routers settings, interface etc.

im using a d-link model dsl 2640R

To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser and enter the IP address of the router 192.168.1.1

Type “admin” for the User Name and “admin” in the Password field.

You could simply RTFM.

kwikbreaks

Nor do I. Luckily google points to lots of places that tell you. Here is one of them...

http://www.talktalk.co.uk/help/broadband/setting-up-your-d-link-dsl-2640r.html

Eric_Pisch

my password is changed and mine is set to only handshake with accepted MAC address's

[Deleted User]

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

my password is changed and mine is set to only handshake with accepted MAC address's

Due to the ease in discovering and cloning a MAC address, doing that offers barely any improvement in overall security at all.

Eric_Pisch

oh and btw lots and lots of innocent people will get cut off since the pirate bay randomly inserts lots IPs (millions) address from all over the world as spoof peers

Idiophreak

anewhope wrote: »

Due to the ease in discovering and cloning a MAC address, doing that offers barely any improvement in overall security at all.

I think that depends on how you measure improvement.

For my money, 1% of effort on security does 99% of the work.

Most people who nick other people's broadband are just sat in their car in the street, browsing the net on their phone or just nicking their neighbour's connection instead of paying themselves.

Just sticking a WEP key on will get rid of all these people.

If someone's determined on hacking your network, you'll have to do a lot more work to stop them, but this is pretty rare I'd have thought...

[Deleted User]

Idiophreak wrote: »

Most people who nick other people's broadband are just sat in their car in the street, browsing the net on their phone or just nicking their neighbour's connection instead of paying themselves.

Just sticking a WEP key on will get rid of all these people.

WEP is very insecure and very, very easy to bypass even for people with limited computer skills. I wouldn't recommend the use of WEP for security in any situation. If that's the only method of encryption your hardware is capable of using, then it's time to replace it. WPA, though still vulnerable, can stand up moderately well if you chose a very good password through somewhere like what has been linked above. Obviously WPA2 is the preferred method of encryption to be using, that's a lot more difficult to penetrate.

Chosing a better level of encryption gives you significantly stronger protection than hiding the SSID and implimenting MAC filtering, which let's be honest is a two minute job to get around.

If someone's determined on hacking your network, you'll have to do a lot more work to stop them, but this is pretty rare I'd have thought...

Suppose it all depends on somebodies motivations and intentions. Regardless of what they are, the buck stops with you if they're sinister.