As part of my MBA program we are given laptops with built in wireless so I figured I would set up a wireless network at home. Right now I'm sitting on the patio smoking a cigar and surfing the web. I should have done this long ago!
Todd,wasch_24 said:Yep, wireless rocks!
If we don't have another computer to use, how do we know if the MAC settings and WEP is functioning properly?
I made sure I did that right from the get go. So easy to do I am suprised more people do not encrypt their network, I found two just around my house.N2Advnture said:Be sure to enable WEP w/ 128 bit encryption, turn of broadcast ssid and use a hex key.
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Yeah, I have done all that. I was just wondering if the only way to check if it is working is to bring another laptop or wireless device into the home and try and get on the network.N2Advnture said:Todd,
In your manual for the router, there will be an IP address to access the router settings.
ex: http://196.88.0.1
This is where you set up all the security with your router. There usually is a "wizard" that will walk you through most of it.
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Yea they all connect through one modem...Thanks for the info. :thumbsup:wasch_24 said:It is really easy. Once you buy the wireless router you connect the cable that currently connects the PC (whichever PC is most convenient) to the modem to the router instead. The router will come with a cable to connect the modem to the router. If every PC in the house currently has it's own modem you are done. If they all feed from a single modem you just connect them to the router instead.
WEP is easily broken with tools available from the 'net. I use MAC authentication on mine instead. That way the router will only allow machines with addresses that I type in to connect. I checked it with my other laptop and it works great. You can't see the MAC address from the outside so anyone that tries to get on mine is screwed.Slammer said:I made sure I did that right from the get go. So easy to do I am suprised more people do not encrypt their network, I found two just around my house.
My uncle does that. He has cable internet and doesn't care of other people are using it cause he probably wouldn't notice anyway. At least it gives a war driver an idea of which house it iswasch_24 said:One of my neighboors has an unsecured network and they even changed the name of the network to their address. :hammersma