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Want Wiresless To Go Secure!Hi,
I am a bit confused and need some help. I have three PCs in my home that are successfully networked. The primary PC has the DSL modem and a Linksys wireless router hooked up (connected by Ethernet cable). The other two PCs are communicating wirelessly at other places in the home. All is working great. However, it has been recommended that I secure my wireless network with a WPA or WEP encryption key. Right now it is just unsecured. I am not sure what to do to get this accomplished. Can someone give me instructions of how to link all the hardware/software to go secure, and what happens if I ithen ntroduce a laptop (wireless) into the home? How do I get it configured to use my secured wireless network? Thanks in advance.
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"Dreanmachine" <Dreanmach***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Check the users manual for your wireless router for specific help...news:6CAC873B-14C7-457C-AE5A-3E088990B9D6@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I am a bit confused and need some help. I have three PCs in my home that > are successfully networked. The primary PC has the DSL modem and a > Linksys > wireless router hooked up (connected by Ethernet cable). The other two > PCs > are communicating wirelessly at other places in the home. All is working > great. However, it has been recommended that I secure my wireless network > with a WPA or WEP encryption key. Right now it is just unsecured. I am > not > sure what to do to get this accomplished. Can someone give me > instructions > of how to link all the hardware/software to go secure, and what happens if > I > ithen ntroduce a laptop (wireless) into the home? How do I get it > configured > to use my secured wireless network? Thanks in advance. > See these general wireless security guidelines also... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/LAN/SoHoWirelessSecurity.html -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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"Dreanmachine" <Dreanmach***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message You first enable WPA in the router as explained in the fine manualnews:6CAC873B-14C7-457C-AE5A-3E088990B9D6@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I am a bit confused and need some help. I have three PCs in my home that > are successfully networked. The primary PC has the DSL modem and a > Linksys > wireless router hooked up (connected by Ethernet cable). The other two > PCs > are communicating wirelessly at other places in the home. All is working > great. However, it has been recommended that I secure my wireless network > with a WPA or WEP encryption key. Right now it is just unsecured. I am > not > sure what to do to get this accomplished. Can someone give me > instructions > of how to link all the hardware/software to go secure, and what happens if > I > ithen ntroduce a laptop (wireless) into the home? How do I get it > configured > to use my secured wireless network? Thanks in advance. > Then you enable WPA on each wireless station using the Wireless Network Setup Wizard You then take each laptop up to the desktop, get on to the router from the desktop, and get the router to display the key. You enter this key to each of your wireless computer. It may take several tries (at least it did for me) to get the key correct. Then, you just start the network on each of the wireless computers. With considerable care, you should get each wireless computer working in about 5 minutes. Jim Hi
From the weakest to the Strongest.. No Security MAC WEP WPA-PSK WPA-AES WPA2 ------------------------------------------- Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html WEP, WPA, and the Future - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html The security must be set according to lowest capable Wireless component. I.e. even most of you Wireless devices are capable to do WPA2, but one device is only capable to do WEP, the whole system must be configured to WEP. Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "Dreanmachine" <Dreanmach***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6CAC873B-14C7-457C-AE5A-3E088990B9D6@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I am a bit confused and need some help. I have three PCs in my home that > are successfully networked. The primary PC has the DSL modem and a > Linksys > wireless router hooked up (connected by Ethernet cable). The other two > PCs > are communicating wirelessly at other places in the home. All is working > great. However, it has been recommended that I secure my wireless network > with a WPA or WEP encryption key. Right now it is just unsecured. I am > not > sure what to do to get this accomplished. Can someone give me > instructions > of how to link all the hardware/software to go secure, and what happens if > I > ithen ntroduce a laptop (wireless) into the home? How do I get it > configured > to use my secured wireless network? Thanks in advance. > 
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