am i secure enough??

[Shifter2101]

ok... i finally went wireless. im running the built-in network adapter that came with my laptop, which, im told, supports b g and a formats. and the router is a linksys wireless b. the cable modem is also a linksys if it matters. (i dont think it matters).

now...on to the fun stuff...

not long ago arcticfox posted a thread. in which phenious wrote (the stuff in bold ):

Change your SSID. You cant connect to a network unless you know its ID. Routers all have the same ID when they are shipped so change it to something else.

did this... no prob

Now that you changed it disable broadcasting of the ID otherwise changing it didnt do any good.

piece of cake.

Enable Wep. Highest setting your router supports and randomly generate a key. 0000000000000000000 isnt a good key...

Enable MAC Filtering. With this setting only known MAC address will be allowed to access your router. That alone will stop most people.

WOAH NELLY!!!!

ok... when i enable WEP it kills my connection. then i can only get it back once i physically connect to the router and can disable WEP once more.

whats going on here? why does it keep doing this?

next question:

how exactly do i filter the MACs? (and why would i want to do this? i mean, if im not broadcasting and they dont have my SSID... how would they know im even there?)



if you have a comptuer wired to the wireless router disable access to the router config via wireless settings. This way they cant try to guess your router password and play with your settings.

i must be blind... is this setting in the router config or in windows wireless network settings somewhere?

thanx in advance ppl

[grandchehaw]

When you enable WEP you have to add the key you chose to the wireless config on the laptop. Did you do that? It is case sensitive.

[Shifter2101]

i dont have a key. in my wireless properties (thru windows) ive got:

network auth: open
data encrypt: disable

everything else is greyed-out

Originally posted by Shifter2101


next question:

how exactly do i filter the MACs? (and why would i want to do this? i mean, if im not broadcasting and they dont have my SSID... how would they know im even there?)



if you have a comptuer wired to the wireless router disable access to the router config via wireless settings. This way they cant try to guess your router password and play with your settings.

i must be blind... is this setting in the router config or in windows wireless network settings somewhere?

thanx in advance ppl

some third party programs can see the access point even if broadcasting is turned off. mostly are for linux.

to filter mac, you find the mac address on the network card. log into the router and add them to the allow list.

"if you have a comptuer wired to the wireless router disable access to the router config via wireless settings. This way they cant try to guess your router password and play with your settings."

im not sure where you read this.....

also did you check out this link?

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t76209.html

i suggest disabling the built in wireless manager that comes with xp and use the software that the wireless card came with

[Shifter2101]

"i suggest disabling the built in wireless manager that comes with xp and use the software that the wireless card came with."

how? like i said, the card is built-in. i dont have a software cd for it.



"to filter mac, you find the mac address on the network card. log into the router and add them to the allow list."

if i go> run>cmd>ipconfig /all which am i using? or is this not how to go about it?

maybe i need my hand held to get this set-up...

use the physical address when you do ipconfig /all

who makes the wireless card?

[Shifter2101]

its a broadcom 54g maxperformance 802.11g

[Shifter2101]

am i putting the "physical address" in the "mac address clone" ?



**n/m...i figured it out.

[Shifter2101]

does anyone know where the config utility for my broadcom wireless adapter is? im wanting to enable the WEP in it.

every time i enable WEP in my Linksys Router it wont connect.
are they just not talking to each other? whats going on here?