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| 591266 | 2007-09-14 20:45:00 | Having recently had to replace my old router/modem with a newer one that has wireless, I was just wondering a few things. I have one other wireless device (my laptop has wireless) in this house. I have set the router to accept only certain MAC addresses wirelessly, and have also enabled WEP. The laptop doesn't support WPA. Is there anything further I can do to secure the network (without spending extra)? When I'm not using the laptop, can wireless be turned off? The modem/router is a Belkin ADSL2 + with wireless G |
Myth (110) | ||
| 591267 | 2007-09-14 20:50:00 | for everyday purposes i'd say wep is quite secure enuf and as for 'can the wireless be turned off' well yeh all you have to do is to Unplug either the phone line to the router or the powersupply to the router......easy really | drcspy (146) | ||
| 591268 | 2007-09-14 20:52:00 | That should be fine. Don't know about Linux but in Windows you can turn wireless off at the Tasktray when it's not being used but like drcspy says, you can also just pull the plug out of the router. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 591269 | 2007-09-14 21:07:00 | There is no way to turn off the wireless part in those Belkin routers (I've got the same model) You could turn off the SSID Broadcasting. Remove the tick in the box on the wireless setup page of the router web config. Just be aware that some wireless clients don't like this so if you have problems just reenable it again. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 591270 | 2007-09-14 22:06:00 | OK, thanks for that. Didn't think I could secure it much more than it was. Have disabled ESSID, will see how that affects things later | Myth (110) | ||
| 591271 | 2007-09-15 01:04:00 | Yup, If you disable SSID broadcast along with all the other measures you've already put in place, you should be fine or as fine as you can make things:D | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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