How do I secure my belkin54g wireless system?
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With the information provided i.e. no model #, unable to determine step-by-step. You will have to refer to your router documentation. Some things to consider (and write down as you go):\n1) rename the default ssid to something non-obvious\n2) disable broadcast\n3) enable encryption using WEP or WPA (preferred)\n4) enable MAC address filtering\n\nTo obtain the MAC (physical) address of your wireless network interface card (NIC) and assuming Windows XP\n  - click on the wireless icon in your system tray\n  - click on the support tab\n  - click on the details button\n  - write down the physical address\n\nIf that doesn't work:\n  - Start / Run / cmd <enter>\n  - ipconfig <enter>\n  - find the section in the output for wireless card\n  - copy the 12-digit MAC address (excluding dashes) on the "Physical Address" line\n  - type EXIT <enter> to exit the dos prompt window\n\nIn your router configuration screen, find the location to enter the MAC address(es) of connected machines. Enter the MAC address you wrote down in whatever format it indicates. [Note: some routers will have an option to select from currently connected machines. Compare the MAC addresses it displays with the ones you wrote down before accepting them.]\n\nTypical access to your router configuration is by using a web browser to open the IP address of the router's internal address. Linksys routers for example are usually http://192.168.1.1/ and you will be prompted for the factory user name and password. Refer to the user / configuration manual for this information. YOU WILL WANT TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT USER NAME AND PASSWORD, AND WRITE THEM DOWN IF YOU CANNOT REMEMBER THEM. Otherwise you will have to do a factory reset at some point and start over.\n\nYou will also have to make configuration changes on your PC wireless configuration to enter the new SSID name and other key-related information depending on whether you chose WEP or WPA. Again the instruction manual should step you through it, there is usually a section that specifically addresses security.\n\nIf you follow those recommendations and those posted here by me and others, your wireless network will be 99% more secure than most other peoples and you will be fine.
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Use a hardware firewall with NAT and all ports stealthed. Make sure UPnP is disabled, and only allow outgoing connections to trusted (non-proxy) sites.
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have you put a password on your wireless router?\nif you have then it is extremely unlikely that your neighbours are pinching your internet\nif you havent then do so immediately!
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you have to enable the encryption so no one can use your connection
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If you just installed your Linksys (assuming you have something like a WRT54G or similar) then open your web broswer and go to 192.168.1.1 and the default login username is admin with password admin.  First things first, CHANGE the default password.  \n\nNow, under Wireless and then Basic Wireless Settings, you might want to change your SSID to something other than the default "linksys".  You can also disable the SSID broadcast, but don't let anyone tell you that's a security measure.  This is a common misconception.  SSID broadcast supression is not meant to be a security feature, it only supresses the SSID in the beacon messages only and doesn't protect you from wireless attacks, turning off SSID broadcast is more to prevent accidental associations.\n\nNext, under Wireless and then Wireless Security, you can select WEP (minimal protection) or WPA PreSharedKey (preferred).  WEP is weak and easily cracked for someone who knows how to do it with the right tools and is within range of your network.  I like to say "WEP keeps your honest neighbors honest" and leave it at that.  Most secure is to use WPA PSK with the AES algorithm, and use a decent length key, a passphrase of some sort up to 63 characters, the longer the better.  Whichever you choose, WEP or WPA, you'll configure this on both your wireless router or access point, as well as the wireless client machines themselves.  If/when you install a Linksys or other PCI card, or maybe a PCMCIA card in a laptop, you will use the client utility to connect to your SSID and provide the WEP or WPA info the same way.  Or perhaps you have a laptop with a built-in 802.11 radio and you will use the Windows wireless network config tool... right click My Network Places and select Properties, then right click your wireless network connection and select Properties, then select the Wireless Network tab and you can configure it from there.\n\nFinally, you can also use wireless MAC address filtering (the next tab to the right of Wireless Security) to lock down the access point so it will only accept frames from the MAC addresses you decide to allow.  On your wireless PC bring up a command prompt (start, Run, "cmd") and give the command "ipconfig /all" and you'll see the MAC address of 12 hexadecimal digits.  You can put this MAC address, such as 00:16:6F:7A:B8:15, into the list, and select the option to "Permit Only" those MAC addresses.\n\nHope this helps, good luck.
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Read this:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/security/
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Login as administrator, and check under Security settings.\n\nRouter's setup a webpage were you can login and do this. just goto the router's IP. (like http://192.168.0.1/). Login as admin. Check under something like Security or Encryption.
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You have to enable WEP or WPA Security on your Wireless Router.  WPA is the best protection for wireless router now.  WEP is crackable but it's better than nothing.  Normally the password for Linksys router is "linksys" (Without Quotations) If it's not try the word password, if that's not it reset your router to the original factory settings and check your documentation for the default password.\nCheck these articles from linksys\nhttp://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1116602204044&packedargs=site%3DUS&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper\nhttp://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1116519873380&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
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Set your WPA security in the wireless section of your router's configuration.\n\nOnce you set it up you will need to provide a network key lenght depends on the encryption strength you select.  Some routers will generate keys for you.\n\nWhen you connect the laptop to your network you will need to provide the ssid, encryption type and network key for them to gain access to your network.\n\nSave the profile and that's it.
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You have to set a WEP key, and, through the configuration CD (there should be one) you enter it like you would a password for the given computer. Remember, you enter the encrypted key (after the encryption); not the one you entered to get the encrypted key.\n\nI mean, really, what would be the point to encryption if just ANYONE could access your wireless internet? The whole point is to keep people you don't want out.
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Nortornis to secure ur computer. But if u have wireless modem other wireless user will certainly be able to see ur network. So you will have set up for the wireless modem. Better call ur ISP tech support n ask them to enable security on the modem. U can email me at..nithujns@yahoo.co.in
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For this, your best bet is a router. This device allows you to:\nA)Share a broadband internet connection\nB) Create a local area network (LAN) or basically connect computers. \nC) Share files, printers, etc. \nAre you using computers in the same room or all the way across the house? If you are using them in the same room, your best bet is a wired router, like the Linksys BEFSR41. However, if the two computers are spread out you would do better to have a wireless router hardwired (connected via ethernet connection) to one computer and install a wireless card in the other computer. I suggest the WRT54G as I have one myself and it works beautifully, as well as having the security features that I need. I sincerely hope this helps!
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A reasonably good protection can be reached by defining WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) or WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access).\n\nWEP - short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the 802.11b/g standard. WEP is designed to provide the same level of security as that of a wired LAN. LANs are inherently more secure than WLANs because LANs are somewhat protected by the physicalities of their structure, having some or all part of the network inside a building that can be protected from unauthorized access. WLANs, which are over radio waves, do not have the same physical structure and therefore are more vulnerable to tampering. WEP aims to provide security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one end point to another.\n\nWPA - short for Wi-Fi Protected Access, a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP. The technology is designed to work with existing Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP (i.e., as a software upgrade to existing hardware), but the technology includes two improvements over WEP: \n- Improved data encryption through the temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. \n- User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). WEP regulates access to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-specific MAC address, which is relatively simple to be sniffed out and stolen. EAP is built on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.\n\nYou have now to check what of the two security protocols is supported on all your wireless clients. This is what you can get. It's not possible to run both security protocols at the same time.\nFurthermore i suggest to use MAC filtering. In the router setup program you will find it under the Tab "Wireless" and there you have to enter all MAC addresses of all wireless clients in your network. MAC addresses are printed on the sticker of every NIC (Network Interface Card).\nMost important is for sure you change your router password, so no other person can get access to it and change your settings.\nAnd finally to have running all fine, the SSID (Service Set Identifier) have to be the same on the router as well as in all wireless clients.\n\nHappy wireless networking ;-)
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That is a good start.  See if a wired connection from your computer to router will work.  \n\nCheck your firewall on your computer. Maybe you should disable that for now.  \n\nIf things don't get better, then use the wired connection to TURN OFF your WEP KEY password for now.   If you can establish a proper connection, then try a simply password scheme.  \n\nBut don't try to run without security forever.  YOU SHOULD BE USING THIS FEATURE.
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I believe most wireless routers enable you to place passwords and encryption.  Easiest way is to enable WPAKey and place a password in (normally >= 8 chars) then use that password to connect to your wifi network.
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Yes, make a secure connection or use a program like Anonymizer that encrypts the wireless.
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There are various ways of setting up security on routers, you can change the default password for login, disable the broadcast of the SSID, setup various wireless security, Linksys has very good tech support so call them for assistance or check out their knowledge base as well