Security on 3 different computers

belfastgal

How do i make our two laptops secure ? we have a desktop in the living room which is secure ( the friend who set it up told us ) and we run the 2 laptops from a linksey wireless router. I have told daughter never to use online banking on her laptop and not to order anything with her credit card either. how do i make the laptops secure and can i check what security i have on the main computer ?
i am not very technical minded so in easy to understand terms please.

albertross_2

is your wireless router encrypted?

belfastgal

albertross wrote: »

is your wireless router encrypted?

Sorry
I dont know what that means ? how could i find out ?

albertross_2

Right click the wireless icon




View available wireless networks



what does it say next to your network, which is presumably called linksys?

Browntoa

if you click on the wireless icon on your toolbar, bottom right of the screen, there will be a list of networks, yours will show connected and should have a padlock on it

Browntoa

or possibly something like this if the suppliers software does the connection, it should not say NONE

belfastgal

Browntoa wrote: »

if you click on the wireless icon on your toolbar, bottom right of the screen, there will be a list of networks, yours will show connected and should have a padlock on it

Thanks for that very detailed help there

There is no padlock. it just says "Connected"

Browntoa

Linksys administration page type 192.168.1.1 into internet explorer

when the page comes up the user id and password are both admin

you need to go to this screen



and tick the wep box , nothing else on that page needs to be changed

Browntoa

Click WEP Key Setting
Set the pull-down to 128bit, enter any random string as password, click Generate to make a 128bit key.




Write down the 26 digits of the generated Key:. (If you lose the key, you can still admin your LinkSys with a wired Ethernet connection to get it again. and there's always the reset button on the back.)
Click Apply.

Browntoa

next time the laptop or any other wireless device try to connect they will ask for that key

just enter it into the box and it should connect

belfastgal

Browntoa wrote: »

Linksys administration page type 192.168.1.1 into internet explorer

when the page comes up the user id and password are both admin

you need to go to this screen



and tick the wep box , nothing else on that page needs to be changed

how do i get into linkseys admin ?