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help me make my Wireless LAN secure

Aharami

Aharami

Lifer
just got a D-Link wireless router (DI-524). My desktop is wired to the LAN port 1, but i wanna have my work laptop connect via the wireless.

Well, I know i can enable WEP, but i heard that actually makes your wireless connections slower. My friend was talking about something where you can only allow only the MAC address of my cardbus access my wireless LAN. how would i do that? Im looking , but havent come by anything yet. Thanks
 
enable mac addresss checkin...you know how to find your mac address is that the question?

start->run->cmd
ipconfig /all
 
Not to be a jerk, but you are looking for tips on making your WLAN secure. Wireless LAN instead of Wide Area Network.

Anyways. Enable 128bit WEP, if you care about security the potential(I am not sure if it is true or not) slowdowns are worth the security.

Also, like you said restrict access to only a certain set of MAC addresses.

In addition be sure to turn of broadcasting of the SSID of your access point.

Lastly, change the SSID and channel that the router runs on.

Those few easy things should make it secure enough.

Jason

-Oh yeah, get a good random number generator to make a WEP key, that helps avoid picking one that is easily cracked.
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
you need to look up the definition of "WAN" first.
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yea i know i probably miused a lot of terms here. networking isnt really my forte. I basically owned only one desktop at a time my whole life and never felt the need to read up on all the networking articles PC mag presents
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
you need to look up the definition of "WAN" first.
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yea i know i probably miused a lot of terms here. networking isnt really my forte. I basically owned only one desktop at a time my whole life and never felt the need to read up on all the networking articles PC mag presents
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wan == wide area network
 
Restrict MAC addresses and enable WEP. If you're really paranoid about it, just make a spot on your desk for your laptop and plug it in while you're home, then turn off wireless broadcast. Voila... no slowdown and perfectly secure. 🙂

And, BTW, wrong forum.
 
Originally posted by: bolido2000
WEP is a joke. Enable WPA-SK, MAC filtering, change default SSID and disable its broadcast.
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did all that except used WEP.

another question, how do I turn the wireless LAN off when I dont need it. I only need on days when i bring my work laptop home . is it possible to turn the wireless off and leave the wired ports active?
 
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Why is is safer not to broadcast the SSID?
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Because then people have to guess the name of the network as opposed to it popping up in the list of available networks for them.

Makes it annoying 😉
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: bolido2000
WEP is a joke. Enable WPA-SK, MAC filtering, change default SSID and disable its broadcast.
Click to expand...

did all that except used WEP.

another question, how do I turn the wireless LAN off when I dont need it. I only need on days when i bring my work laptop home . is it possible to turn the wireless off and leave the wired ports active?
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Not sure, there should be something in there to "Disable Wireless", but that might erase your settings if you disable it.
 
Originally posted by: bolido2000
WEP is a joke. Enable WPA-SK, MAC filtering, change default SSID and disable its broadcast.
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Winner. This is exactly what I've done. :thumbsup:

The only downside is that my Tungsten C doesn't do WPA.

 
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