Posted: 3/27/2007 4:33:02 PM EDT
| So I'm trying to secure my wireless network at home. I currently have SSID broadcast turned off, WEP mandatory, and have set a password and an uncommon name for my SSID. Problem is when I try to use my laptop, it won't connect. What am I doing wrong here? |
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For using the "Classic" style menus and Control panel: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network Connections (old style menus) Right-click your wireless connection, select Properties Click "Wireless Networks" tab Find your SSID in the list, highlight it, select "Properties" DESELECT the "The key is provided for me automatically" check box. Enter your encryption type, and password. For using the "XP" style menus and Control panel: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections (new menus) Click "Network Connections" Right-click your wireless connection, select Properties Click "Wireless Networks" tab Find your SSID in the list, highlight it, select "Properties" DESELECT the "The key is provided for me automatically" check box. Enter your encryption type, and password. |
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if your router supports it, use MAC filtering for your wireless and WPA or WPA2 personal encryption rather than WEP (WEP sucks). I use MAC filtering, WPA2-TKIP/AES, leave my SSID broadcast on (it's easier when i bring my laptop home from work), limit DHCP addresses to the minimum number for my home network. also make sure on your router that you disable wireless administration so if someone were to get onto your network via wireless they can't break into your router and change settings, and change the default password for the router... |
Disabling SSID broadcast won't keep you from just bringing your laptop home from work. If you have the wireless network (home) set up on your laptop, it'll connect automatically every time its in range. Edit: And yes, +1 to MAC filtering and WPA2. |
i know that... but in the past i've had issues with XP and manually entering SSID... it was just easier to have the SSID broadcasted... i've also had linksys routers that even with "SSID bcast" disabled would still broadcast a default SSID of "Linksys", you couldn't connect to it, but it was still there. it was really odd, but i've had two wireless routers do the same thing in two different geographic locations. |