how to make my wireless internet the safest?

[kermalou]

i dont want anyone to be able to leech off of my internet and also want it to be safe.

thanks.

 

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[Yellow Dog]

MAC filtering

 

[kermalou]

i already turned off the braodcast SSID, any other way?

 

[spherrod]

Have you read this page which PorBleemo linked to?

http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

 

[tbooth]

Saw this link on HardOCP yesterday, has some interesting info.

 

[Griffinhart]

-Turn off SSID announce
-Don't use the default SSID
-Use WPA encryption
-Use MAC filtering

Using all of these will give you a fairly secure wireless network. It won't guarantee it being hack proof, but, it seriously limits the possibility of it.

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: Wireless Security.

Link to: WEP, WPA, and the Future (802.11i).

Link to: Network Segregation - Adding security to Wireless Network (or to any peer to peer Network).

:sun:

 

[Rottie]

You can turn off AUTO SSID broadcasting but you can leave SSID on in order for your wireless card to find your router.
I use 128 bit WEP with strong passphase (card does not have WPA support) and I set up mac filtering for my card on my router. Also you might want to add second firewall (software). Don't forgot to add anti-virus too.

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart
-Turn off SSID announce
-Don't use the default SSID
-Use WPA encryption
-Use MAC filtering

Using all of these will give you a fairly secure wireless network. It won't guarantee it being hack proof, but, it seriously limits the possibility of it.

:thumbsup: except I don't use WPA because my router at home is too old. Unless you have very sensitive information though, that people really want to spend some time hacking in to, then WEP will be enough, along with the other three points.