how do i set up a password for my wireless router so that my neighbors can't access my connection?
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If you have Netgear, type 192.168.1.1 into your browser. The default User=admin and Password=password. Adjust you security setting.
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get a wireless encryption key from you router maker
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You will need the following\n* wireless cards for each host\n* wireless access point\n\nYou should also consider enabling WEP or WPA encryption.  Other settings that will help you keep out novice hackers are MAC Filtering, and disabling the broadcast of the SSID.
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its very simple, keep your network cables connected to the router and your computer.\n\n >now on your wired computer > open your web-browser \n > on the address bar type 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 to access\n    your router, if it aske you for a username and a password\n >type in: WRT54G(for username) & admin(for password) this is \n   case sensitive.\n\n >once you got in, on the Setup>Basic Setup, enable the DHCP   \n   setting.\n\n to enable wireless network:\n\n >on the wireless>basic wireless settings tab, hit the reset \n    security settings\n >move to the wireless security settings tab and disable the \n   security mode, although i dont recommend this disabled for \n   a long time someone might be access your wireless network\n   and mess up your files, try to learn how to work with security\n   modes such as WEP and WPA Personal to secure your    \n   wireless network.\n\ni dont know anybook about networking, but if you go to http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=144 and purchase a copy of this video, it covers a whole lot of things about basic networking and security and $70.00 is not bad. i highly recommend this video. it has a few sample videos you could watch, check it out and you might like it.
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There are entire books published on wireless security, but here's all you need to know for your home WiFi LAN: WPA2-PSK.  In most cases, WPA refers to pre-standard stuff, while WPA2 refers to the properly implemented IEEE 802.11i security standard.  The PSK is for Pre-Shared Key, which means you will configure the same password/passphrase on all of your equipment.  If your router or access point and wireless interface cards support WPA/WPA2, this is what you should be using.  If you have older equipment that does not support WPA/WPA2 then at least turn on 128-bit WEP.  WEP has known weaknesses (at any key length) and can be "easily" broken.  In reality, while the encryption itself might be easy to break, it's beyond the desire or capability of the average home user.  Try it sometime.  It takes a bit of work.  Basically, I like to say that WEP will keep your honest neighbors honest.  If you are using WEP, change your key once a month or once a week, just to piss off anyone who has cracked your key so they'll have to break it again and they will give up.  WPA or WPA2 will make you bulletproof in the average neighborhood or apartment complex.  Make sure that you choose a decent length password for the WPA pre-shared key.  They can be up to 63 characters long, the longer the better.  Finally, don't forget to use wireless MAC address filtering too.  You put the 48-bit MAC address from your computers into the access point so it will only allow those devices to communicate with it.  Get your MAC addresses typically using the "ipconfig /all" on a PC or "ifconfig -a" on most Unix boxes.  Lastly, change the default password on your router, and disable any type of remote management options.  One more thing, you can also disable SSID Broadcast, but this is not really meant to be a security feature, it's more to prevent accidental associations, and your neighbors wouldn't "see" your network, unless they knew how to look for it.  And of course, nothing is 100% secure, so also be sure to have your computers protected with the latest security package that has at least a personal firewall and virus scanner, such as McAfee SecurityCenter or Norton's.
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Here are a few things of interest:\n\n* On your access point, you should enable "Hide SSID" to prevent unwanted computers from detecting your access point. \n\n* You should also enable "MAC filtering" to limit access to specific computers only.\n\n* Do not use WEP security. It has been hacked to death. Use WPA-Personal.
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enter router setup, 192.168.1.1\nrourer user name admin, password admin, or whatever you may of already set up.\ngo to wireless network options\nyour looking for security or WEP security\nset it up with a password, when you are finished slick save , then you will get kicked off because you dont have the password set up on your machine yet.\nthen on your computer go to your wireless network connections and set the same key in your profile there, and thats it, connect.\n\ngood luck\ntv
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sometimes you have to have a password from the wireless provider.
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buy a router, and plug it into a phone line with a adapter try to hide it under anything you have close by
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You can if you do not take the neccessary steps to guard against hackers or internet theives.  You have to make sure you setup your WEP key when setting up any kind of wireless access.  This way the user will have to have the key to get on.  If you want to get more granular, then don;t broadcast and put in the connection for your laptop manually.  These are some ways to stop you from getting hacked.
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Tim - your priorities are in reverse order. Turning off the SSID, while probably a good idea, is not at all secure. You really need to turn on encryption. WEP is better than nothing, but is fairly easy to break. To really make your network secure, you need to use WPA2 encryption (or just WPA if your computer doesn't support WPA2, but WPA2 is better), and, of course, change the default password.\n\nMy own home network has a hidden SSID with WPA2 encryption and a good password.
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Maybe. The Best way to use this is with 'Mac Address Filtering', then nobody can access your network!
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Your DSL line already has a password on it; the way you connect to the internet is that your DSL company's servers verifiy that you have the right to get on the internet by looking for your user name and password, which, these days, is normally stored inside the modem electronically.  If you have a router, then it would be inside the router, and if you have just an older modem, then the user/name password info, also known as PPPOE, is stored on your computer.  \n\nNobody can "steal" your dsl signal unless you have a wireless modem or router.  The easiest way to fix that problem would be to just use an ethernet connection between your computer and the modem.  If you are using a wireless modem or router, you can encrypt the signal, and that will protect you most of the time.  Your router manufacturer can help you in configuring the router, and if you are using a wireless modem from your DSL provider, they will assist you in encrypting the signal.  Of course, any normal encryption can be broken.\n\nIf you are not using a wireless connection, then your neighbor could not possibly be "stealing" your internet because the dsl signal has to go to your modem, and you cannot put more than one modem on the line.  If your dsl is running slowly, you need to call your provider's tech support department to do a slow browse test, and they will troubleshoot the issue.  \n\nStop guessing and let the professionals figure out what the problem is.  Tech support from your ISP should be free, at least if the issue is with the connection or the equipment.
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No of course not. \n\nTry usin WEP Key from the router (build in)\nSet a password to it.\n\nSee if your router comes with a CD, install the software or...\n\ndefault configuration is... (type on address bar)\n\nhttp://192.168.1.100\n\nor\n\nhttp://192.168.1.1\n\nor \n\nhttp://192.168.0.1\n\nor\n\nhttp://192.168.0.100\n\n(depends on your router) please refer to your router manual. Router recommended -- AZTECH, LINKSYS
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Use WPA instead of WEP if your router is older and doesn't have wpa then use WEP.  Secondly, of course change the password on the router itself.  Next, change the default ssid and change it so that the ssid is not broadcast.  Finally, set it up so that only certain MAC address are able to access the network (yourself included :)  ).  You really should do all these things to make your home network secure, you really shouldn't pick and choose.
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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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Yes, what about it? Complete sentances are a good thing.\n\nWill assume you mean how do I setup my wireless Linksys router with SBC aDSL so that my wirless network is secure?\n\nWhat Linksys product do you have? What wireless devices do you have and what do they support?\n\nWEP is not secure but better than nothing. MAC address filtering is something else to help stop users from connecting to your network but again it is not secure. For the average home users we setup WPA-PSK with a strong key, turn off SSID broadcasting and MAC filtering if all devices support that.