Wireless Security

I am having some difficulty in setting up a secure wireless network between
a PC and two laptops. I am at a loss! I have opened the control panel for
the router on the web, clicked on Security but I am not sure what to do
next. I know using the WEP option for encryption should be okay, but which
do I use WEP64 or WEP128? Where do I enter a name and P/w. I believe I need
to enable WPA-PSK for network authentication. Is this right?

Rosie

Rosie wrote:

> I am having some difficulty in setting up a secure wireless network
> between a PC and two laptops. I am at a loss! I have opened the
> control panel for
> the router on the web, clicked on Security but I am not sure what to
> do next. I know using the WEP option for encryption should be okay,
> but which do I use WEP64 or WEP128? Where do I enter a name and P/w. I
> believe I need to enable WPA-PSK for network authentication. Is this
> right?

You should use the highest level of encryption that is supported by all
your hardware - router and wireless network adapters (in the
computers). IOW, all the hardware has to support the encryption scheme
so if you have older adapters in any of the computers that don't
support WPA, you'll need to use WEP. Obviously, WEP128 is better than
WEP64.

Read your router's manual for instructions how to set up wireless
security.

Here are links to help you work through this:

Wireless Network Setup Wizard SP2 -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0604.mspx

Wireless - Basic Configuration -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke

"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Rosie wrote:
>
>> I am having some difficulty in setting up a secure wireless network
>> between a PC and two laptops. I am at a loss! I have opened the
>> control panel for
>> the router on the web, clicked on Security but I am not sure what to
>> do next. I know using the WEP option for encryption should be okay,
>> but which do I use WEP64 or WEP128? Where do I enter a name and P/w. I
>> believe I need to enable WPA-PSK for network authentication. Is this
>> right?
>
> You should use the highest level of encryption that is supported by all
> your hardware - router and wireless network adapters (in the
> computers). IOW, all the hardware has to support the encryption scheme
> so if you have older adapters in any of the computers that don't
> support WPA, you'll need to use WEP. Obviously, WEP128 is better than
> WEP64.
>
> Read your router's manual for instructions how to set up wireless
> security.
>
> Here are links to help you work through this:
>
> Wireless Network Setup Wizard SP2 -
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0604.mspx
>
> Wireless - Basic Configuration -
> http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
>
> Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
>
> MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Good advice. Fortunate thing she is astute to turn on wireless security...
I was recently at the coast and took my laptop with me. Just driving down
101 I found considerable wireless networks that were wide open. Some were
hotels which I understand would be non-secure for their guests but a lot of
them were businesses, tireshops, beautyshops, contractors etc... What is
probably happening is these people buy the equipment like from best buy or
newegg hook it up themselves and don't do a thing about security.

I had a customer of mine (contractor) purchase a wireless router at fry's
and was told by the *salesman* NOT to turn on security because it screws up
the wireless. amazing!

Dennis

dennis meissner

dennis meissner wrote:

> Good advice. Fortunate thing she is astute to turn on wireless
> security...
> I was recently at the coast and took my laptop with me. Just driving
> down
> 101 I found considerable wireless networks that were wide open. Some
> were hotels which I understand would be non-secure for their guests
> but a lot of
> them were businesses, tireshops, beautyshops, contractors etc...
> What is probably happening is these people buy the equipment like from
> best buy or newegg hook it up themselves and don't do a thing about
> security.
>
> I had a customer of mine (contractor) purchase a wireless router at
> fry's
> and was told by the *salesman* NOT to turn on security because it
> screws up
> the wireless. amazing!

Sad, but true. And how many people don't change the SSID from the
default "Linksys" or whatever.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke

The salespeople at Fry's don't know anything. You're better off asking
another customer...

MD



"dennis meissner" wrote:

>
> "Malke" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Rosie wrote:
> >
> >> I am having some difficulty in setting up a secure wireless network
> >> between a PC and two laptops. I am at a loss! I have opened the
> >> control panel for
> >> the router on the web, clicked on Security but I am not sure what to
> >> do next. I know using the WEP option for encryption should be okay,
> >> but which do I use WEP64 or WEP128? Where do I enter a name and P/w. I
> >> believe I need to enable WPA-PSK for network authentication. Is this
> >> right?
> >
> > You should use the highest level of encryption that is supported by all
> > your hardware - router and wireless network adapters (in the
> > computers). IOW, all the hardware has to support the encryption scheme
> > so if you have older adapters in any of the computers that don't
> > support WPA, you'll need to use WEP. Obviously, WEP128 is better than
> > WEP64.
> >
> > Read your router's manual for instructions how to set up wireless
> > security.
> >
> > Here are links to help you work through this:
> >
> > Wireless Network Setup Wizard SP2 -
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0604.mspx
> >
> > Wireless - Basic Configuration -
> > http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
> >
> > Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
> >
> > MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
> Good advice. Fortunate thing she is astute to turn on wireless security...
> I was recently at the coast and took my laptop with me. Just driving down
> 101 I found considerable wireless networks that were wide open. Some were
> hotels which I understand would be non-secure for their guests but a lot of
> them were businesses, tireshops, beautyshops, contractors etc... What is
> probably happening is these people buy the equipment like from best buy or
> newegg hook it up themselves and don't do a thing about security.
>
> I had a customer of mine (contractor) purchase a wireless router at fry's
> and was told by the *salesman* NOT to turn on security because it screws up
> the wireless. amazing!
>
> Dennis
>
>
>

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