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Setting up a secure wireless connection

  • 04-04-2005 10:12pm
    #1
    Easy Rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭


    Hello,

    I have a wireless network in my house and I wish to make it secure.

    I have a netopia wireless modem (supplied by Eircom) and am on the Eircom plus package...

    I have a PC with XP on one floor and an Imac G5 on the other, I also have my XBOX hooked up to it, problem is it is not secure, so anyone within distance can connect to my network.

    Basically what I want to do and have noticed with my IBM think pad when travelling or just out and about is that it will pick up a wireless network but ask for a key...this is what I want to do, but have failed in my attempts with XP, when I go into properties and add this key it appears to go back to default ie not secure...

    I have noticed when I go into the netopia router page advanced mode I get...
    DHCP Leases 1 out of 253 leases in use

    Sometimes this goes up to 4 out of 253, is this people piggy backing on my network or my network just picking them up, I don't want people bringing down my connection speed...

    Sorry for the long mail....


Comments

  • #2
    redzer007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭redzer007


    you can use encryption, google your modem on google with the word wep

    or you can only allow the devices that you own connect,

    find the mac addresses on you PC

    Start->run type "ipconfig /all"

    this will give you your mac address

    take this info and go to the admin of your router

    type the address of your router into a web browser and you will get this.

    there should be an option of a Mac address filter, add the addresses of your devices to this and click enable

    you can get the mac address of your xbox on the dashboard in Network menu


    using wep however you are encrypting the data travelling on the network as well as stopping others join it.

    you also setup web from the admin page for the router

    Im sure you'll get more detailed instuctions from other on this forum. personally I go with the Mac address option as it requires less work and is easier to set up, and I've now data worthwhile stealing travelling over my network

    R


  • #3
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    As said above MAC lock and use WEP (or some other form of encryption).You should do both as it's very little work to set them up for a small home network.I use a combination of the two for my home network.

    One thing that is worth bearing in mind with WEP is that it isn't exactly the most secure encryption scheme and it can be broken by someone who is willing to packet-sniff enough wireless data.


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