Windows xp pro and Routers

[peter]

Wireless routers. Does anyone know how to prevent others from using your
connection to access the internet? I'll explain.
My brother has a wireless network router in his home, he is able to use his
laptop out side of his house (in the drive way.) This is a security concern,
how can I prevent others from pulling up to his drive way and log on to his
network? the fact that it is a wireless router, even if he is to hard wire
his network in the home you will still be able to gain access from the out
side because it;is wireless am I correct?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Peter

 

[Darren B]

Wireless routers. Does anyone know how to prevent others from using your
connection to access the internet? I'll explain.
My brother has a wireless network router in his home, he is able to use his
laptop out side of his house (in the drive way.) This is a security concern,
how can I prevent others from pulling up to his drive way and log on to his
network? the fact that it is a wireless router, even if he is to hard wire
his network in the home you will still be able to gain access from the out
side because it;is wireless am I correct?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Peter

You will need to enable encryption, either wep or wpa. Log onto
microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless for more details or look
through the routers manual.

 

[Guest]

If you log into the router- usually by typing its ip address
(???.???.???.???) into Internet explorer you will be able to turn on
encryption by generating a security key.

Then when your wireless laptop detects the network it will only be able to
connect if you tell it the same key.

There are more options but this is it in outline. No worries at all

Patrick

 

[peter]

Thank you, I'm going to try this tonight and reply with results.

Peter

 

[Steve Shattuck]

Thank you, I'm going to try this tonight and reply with results.

If you want further security, enable MAC filtering where in addition to
encryption, you can restrict access to individual NIC card's MAC address.
Two fences are better than one.