how to keep Wi-Fi network working secure?
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I can tell you *what* you have to do, in order to secure a wirelss network. *How* you have to do it depends very much on the particular wireless devices you have - check their documentation. (When all else fails, Read The Fine Manual, you know...)\n\nFirst, let me begin by telling that enabling WEP encryption is not enough. It is a weak encryption algorithm that can be easily broken by an attacker. You should use WPA encryption instead - provided that your wireless devices support it. You should also choose a strong (difficult to guess) password for it.\n\nNext, configure your network not to broadcast its SSID.\n\nFinally, you should configure your router to allow only your devices to join the network. The devices are recognized by their MAC address - basically, configure the router to deny access to all devices that have MAC addresses other than those that your devices have. Since in your cases the devices are desktops, you can determine their MAC addresses by opening a command prompt window and running the program "ipconfig /all" (without the quotes) - the MAC address is listed in the field labeled "Physical address".\n\nOh, and please understand that a determined attacker can penetrate a WiFi network, even if it is secured like this. (MAC addresses can be spoofed, WPA encryption can be cracked too, although it's more difficult, the SSID can be determined even if it is not broadcasted, and so on.) Basically, there is no way to secure a WiFi network completely; you can only do a pretty good job of securing it.
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The router needs to be secure and issue a password so that only other PC's or laptops with wireless connections can access the network using the password.\n\nUsually there may be 4 or more channels each with its password.\n\nOn the wireless laptop click CONNECT or VIEW AVAILABLE NETWORKS that will tell you if they are secure or not - if you connect to a secure connection you MUST have a password.
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Check the security level in the \nSTART -> SETTING-> CONTROL PANEL -> INTERNET OPTION\n\nTRY REDUCING THE security status
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If you live in a large apartment complex, it is likely that you can get a wireless adapter and get a signal from a wireless router of one of your neighbors who was foolish enough not to secure the network.  I just checked and I can get signals from 6 wireless networks besides my own and 3 of them are not encrypted.
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turn off your router, and when you can hear your neighbor swear then he's using your wireless connection ;-)))\n\nmore serious - most routers have an access led. when you close all your programs using the internet and the access led is still blinking, then your neighbor is using your wireless connection.\nlike others said, use WEP or WPA encryption and addional MAC filtering, then you can be sure no one will be able to use your wireless connection (that's how i've setup my wireless router).
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In the wireless set up (install the software on your computer) there will be a lot of different options for your wireless network. One of them is encryption options. Select WAP, a name for the network and a password and you are in business. When you try to log on to your network it will prompt you for a "Key", this is the password, enter it and save the setting an you will be fine from there on out.\n\nBut I recommend you read the instructions very carefully.
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Make sure you set the Data encryption and network key for your router. It an encrypt all your wireless data and make sure no one can use your wireless access unless they know your network key. Although no security is 100% secure, but at least it is a good enough protection for home wireless network.
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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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I use Zone Alarm for a firewall. It has an option to lock and unlock internet acess.\n\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
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Enable WEP or WPA encryption.  That will be in your router configuration settings, login to your router and follow the instructions that were included to turn it on.  Once you have done that when you connect to the network, Windows will ask you for the network key.  You will only have to enter it once and your computer will remember it but no one else in the area will be able to connect to the network.\n\nWPA encryption is stronger but WEP is older and hence will be compatible with older devices that may not support the WPA encryption standard.
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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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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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There are different ways of securing your wireless network.  The most common methods are by using WEP or WPA-based authentication and encryption.  However, the steps to add security to your wireless network depends on the wireless router you are using.  Usually, the wireless router manufacturers provide software discs and manuals to do so.  Even if you don't have a manual, browse the software installation CD which might have come with your router, it usually contains a .pdf file for instructions.  If you have misplaced your disc, you can access their website or call the tech support of the wireless router manufacturer for detailed instructions on securing the network.
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I take it you are on a wireless network. You need to adjust your security settings on your computer.
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Wireless access has always been , for me, quite benign, such as within the school level, or airports with people wanting to send that last detail of their flight itenerary. \nThere are ways of securing your homes wireless access.
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not sure how but secure ALL your ports
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well it depends on what you are connecting to, like most routers have some kind of security like WEP or its encrypted, make sure your wireless card can handle a 125 bit encryption instead of a 64 bit, and configure your access point to urn that on, if you are connecting to an unsecured wireless network like me then you can still log into their router and make sure its encrypted (i don't think that's breaking any laws since they didn't have a password).