RE: WiFi for beginners?

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Easiest place to start is read the manual and see if you can restrict
access
to only certain MAC addresses ... Yes, I know it's possible to spoof MAC
addresses but it stops most plebs getting on your wireless LAN.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen [mailto:yahoo@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 July 2004 17:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] WiFi for beginners?
>
> Hi,
>
> I have bought a Wifi router which is pretty straightforward
> in as much as you plug one end into your pc and the other
> into your modem and it works without any complicated
> setting-up, which is just as well because the instructions
> that came with it are practically non-existent. My worry is
> that anyone driving by could go online via my modem and I'd
> get in trouble if they did bad things! Is there a guide
> anywhere to WiFi for beginners? I'd like to know how to
> encrypt the connection and only allow access to certain
> devices, i.e. my own!
>
> I had a non-wifi router with a print server before and I had
> hoped to plug the one into the other (before you ask, the
> wifi router was cheaper than a wifi access point which is why
> I bought a second router, and I also thought it would allow
> me to extend my wired network in the future too). The problem
> is being made by the same manufacturer, both have the same
> address, so I can only configure the nearest on to my pc! Is
> there any way around this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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