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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel
....grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
RJK wrote:
Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard You might want to post to the wireless newsgroup for this: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rking.wireless -- Rock MS MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
Thanks Rock, I'll have a quick read through that NG first.
regards, Richard "Rock" wrote in message ... RJK wrote: Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard You might want to post to the wireless newsgroup for this: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rking.wireless -- Rock MS MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
RJK wrote:
Thanks Rock, I'll have a quick read through that NG first. regards, Richard "Rock" wrote in message ... RJK wrote: Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard You might want to post to the wireless newsgroup for this: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rking.wireless -- Rock MS MVP Windows - Shell/User You're welcome. -- Rock MS MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
"RJK" wrote in message ... Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! One time should be all you need. You go through the router setup once, then you make sure that the settings for each computer agree with those of the router. The only setting among all of them which was the least bit difficult for me was the encryption key. It is long and very very hard for me to enter correctly. If you don't get this right, the wireless part will not work. I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? WEP is an encryption scheme. You can change channels if you wish. You might find less interference on another channel. If you should happen to have a wireless telephone which uses the 2.4 GHZ band, you should certainly insure that the telephone equipment is not using the same channel as your wireless signals. You may also find that the systems are a might far apart for reliable always on connectivity. That is the way my network operates. The difficulty is most pronounced in rainy weather. You will most assuredly be furnishing your neighbours with free service if you do not encrypt your signals regardless of which company makes the router. Whether they take advantage of your carelessness depends on them of course. My router allows me to specify MAC addresses as wells, and ones not contained in the table will not connect. Yours might also. Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard Jim |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
On Friday 01 September 2006 03:53 pm, RJK had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard Read this article to see how easy it is for someone to crack your WEP encryption: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2005/0...to_crack_wep_/ Now knowing that wireless networking has major security issues, you can follow the advice in the article about how to protect your system as much as is possible considering you're using a wireless network. -- A Windows user finally clues in and sets up a dual boot system and loves it!: http://www.winxperts.net/forums/inde...showtopic=1377 The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...05018226686613 The New and Improved Ballmer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA9L2J2gY Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?: http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE View Some Common Linux Desktops ... http://shots.osdir.com/ |
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linksys wireless stuff...security tips please ?
Thsnkd Jim and NoStop
I've had a more in depth look at all this wireless "stuff", and have set my router to only allow network / internet suppy / connection, (or whatever its' damned well called), to a single specified MAC address i.e. that of the pci wireless carded PC !! ...downstairs ...phew ! I also changed the name of my wireless network, and made some other feeble attempts to change other things, I will be reading up in your supplied hyperlinks, thanks again. regards, Richard "RJK" wrote in message ... Hello all you WEP ..or is it WAN aware people in here , ...(...grovel ...grovel ....) I've been using a Linksys WAG354G Router for a while now, and RJ45 LAN leads to access the internet - on my main and 2nd PC's. 2nd PC now needs to go downstairs for Dad and nieces to use, due to the PIII 600EB on an ancient glitchy Asus board, down there, which now is going to pay dearly for its' glitchiness by being replaced !! ...so earlier today I put a Wireless-G PCI adapter into my 2nd PC, (with its' sort of rubber arial that sticks out the back near the bank of expansion card plates), and sort of stumbled through the "quick set-up," and switched on the wireless part of my router by stumbling through the WAG354G menus that are accessed through IE6 and going to http://192.168.1.1 ...what a hideous procedure !, ...and every time one changes settings they take ages to save, almost as though an eeprom is being written to, which suggests to me that I could be reducing the life of the router by occasionally switching on or off the "wireless" part of the router ! I now seem to have some sort of wireless network called "linksys" (should that be changed ?) and I had to enter a passphrase during installation of the wireless PCI card that generated a 128 bit "key," and I think I chose WEP whatever WEP is ! ...and I noticed that it's using Channel 11, should I change that ? Could I be providing free internet access to neighbours who might happen to have a Linksys router ? Any tips gratefully recieved. regards, Richard |
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