M
Mitch
Trying to configure my wireless network for a bit of security, following
various articles on the subject.
XP Pro SP2.
Using WPA, pre-shared key, that's working fine.
Changed the SSID to my own network name, no problem.
There was advice to turn off SSID broadcast, but when I do, the remote
computers don't see the network... How does that work?
I would also like to enable MAC filtering, and just allow the computers on
the network to acess, but I haven't figured out how to make this work
either - this is router model specific, I see how to enter the MAC
addresses, but they don't seem to "stick". If I allow all, then I can see
the remote computers in the list, but restricting access seems to eject
them, entering them by hand, they don't stay in there.
On my laptop, ipconfig /all gives me 2 MAC addresses - I assume use the one
associated with the wireless card (the other being for cabled access)?
I have a Linksys WAG354G router, but many other Linksys products probably
have the same config panel.
If anyone has answers to any/all of the above, as always, greatly
appreciated.
--Mitch
various articles on the subject.
XP Pro SP2.
Using WPA, pre-shared key, that's working fine.
Changed the SSID to my own network name, no problem.
There was advice to turn off SSID broadcast, but when I do, the remote
computers don't see the network... How does that work?
I would also like to enable MAC filtering, and just allow the computers on
the network to acess, but I haven't figured out how to make this work
either - this is router model specific, I see how to enter the MAC
addresses, but they don't seem to "stick". If I allow all, then I can see
the remote computers in the list, but restricting access seems to eject
them, entering them by hand, they don't stay in there.
On my laptop, ipconfig /all gives me 2 MAC addresses - I assume use the one
associated with the wireless card (the other being for cabled access)?
I have a Linksys WAG354G router, but many other Linksys products probably
have the same config panel.
If anyone has answers to any/all of the above, as always, greatly
appreciated.
--Mitch