Intelligent questions are NEVER off topic.
At 8:19 PM -0500 8/3/2011, DAN A CURRIE wrote:
I have been running a G5 2.5 Ghz PPC Dualie with 10.5.8 using
wireless internet through a Linksys WRT54G router for several years.
Now the wife is worried about someone stealing our wifi.
You should be too! Time and again, folx are getting stuck with the
liability of having someone use their network for nefarious purposes!
How do I set up the router to prevent this .. I know it is some sort
of password but I can not seem to find the staring point to begin
the process.
Basically, you need to enable some form of encryption which, in turn,
will require a passphrase (password).
At 6:30 PM -0700 8/3/2011, [email protected] wrote:
Setup your router to require WPA protection.
Disable WEP -- it's yesterday's scheme that has been hacked.
Disable WPA -- also hacked.
Enable WPA2.
select as your password something which is impossible to guess
pffft. Just select a reasonable passphrase that's eight to a dozen
or so characters long, perhaps with a digit or two, *that you can
remember*. If you make it too short or too easy to guess, then
someone could eventually maybe get in. If you make it impossible to
guess, or too obscure, then you'll look like a fool when you try to
help friends connect when they visit. Keep it reasonable.
If you want to go to extremes, you can also set your router to only
talk to registered MAC (Machine Access Code) addresses. That's the
funky ethernet address that looks something like "00:18:01:4f:47:59".
Each network interface on your computer has a unique one, ethernet
and wi-fi and firewire, etc. The problem with this, is that you'll
have to manually locate and enter the MAC address of each of your
computers, smartphones, etc, into the router's table - even for
visitors. This is a PITA that I don't really recommend.
And finally, most routers will display some sort of "IP Distribution
List" or a "Connection List" - to show you who is connected. You can
manually check that now and then, to see if there are any strays...
HTH,
- Dan.
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