Wired Network, Best Router?

Jo4

albertross wrote:

All the answers are in the two links I provided earlier.

So are you using a non windows utility to manage it.. Belkin/netgear etc??

Must be, e7even told me what settings to change about a year and a half ago.

albertross_2

I'd encrypt it as a starting point. If you don't understand how to do it, it can be done by remote control if you need help

Jo4

albertross wrote:

I'd encrypt it as a starting point. If you don't understand how to do it, it can be done by remote control if you need help

Will try this tommorrow as I am too tired now and going to go to bed for a few hours sleep. Does it take long?

albertross_2

2-3 minutes if you know what you are doing, possibly a lot longer if not.

The gist is, wire it up using an ethernet cable

goto to http://192.168.0.1

admin
password

wireless

tick WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)

enter a password 8 characters or more into

WPA-PSK Security Encryption
Network Key (8 ~ 63 characters) the longer the better.

click apply, that's your router secure.

click logout

then when you connect to your router wirelessly, it will prompt for a password,, this can be set to automatically connect, instructions are in the links.. see the bit that starts "assuming that everything is working"

When you are comfortable with how you did it, then you can choose an ultra secure 63 character password from https://www.grc.com/passwords

You'll need XP SP2 to use wpa.

Jo4

THANKS for al your help! Going to bed, I'll be back tommorrow to get this fixed as I don't want my parents router being set up incorrectly as well.

netdumdum

If you do go for a wireless router, steer clear from Linksys as I have had terrible experiences from them in the past, go for Buffalo as they are the best.

Jo4

albertross wrote:

2-3 minutes if you know what you are doing, possibly a lot longer if not.

The gist is, wire it up using an ethernet cable

goto to http://192.168.0.1

admin
password

wireless

tick WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)

enter a password 8 characters or more into

WPA-PSK Security Encryption
Network Key (8 ~ 63 characters) the longer the better.

click apply, that's your router secure.

click logout

then when you connect to your router wirelessly, it will prompt for a password,, this can be set to automatically connect, instructions are in the links.. see the bit that starts "assuming that everything is working"

When you are comfortable with how you did it, then you can choose an ultra secure 63 character password from www.grc.com/passwords

You'll need XP SP2 to use wpa.

I tried this and now I cannot use my router.

Jo4

Should I reset my router?

Chippy_Minton

Are you now trying to connect wirelessly to the router?

If so, did you enable Wireless Access Point in router's wireless settings? If not, connect with Ethernet wire and tick that box. Allow tick Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) - you can usually untick that when you have connected wirelessly.

Jo4

Chippy_Minton wrote:

Are you now trying to connect wirelessly to the router?

If so, did you enable Wireless Access Point in router's wireless settings? If not, connect with Ethernet wire and tick that box. Allow tick Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) - you can usually untick that when you have connected wirelessly.

I was connected wirelessly until I attempted post 65. I was trying to encrypt the router.