Securing your wireless hotspot


	Securing your wireless hotspot

masbury

6-14-2009 6:38 PM

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masbury says:

With WPA2 encryption and MAC filtering - brands differ, but it will be something like this

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b02b127b-166a-4acd-9855-0e1788bd7cbb/9826DD0E-635F-478C-B167-C4320C38096A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.makeuseof.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><H1>How To Set Up and Secure Your Own Wi-Fi Hotspot</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.makeuseof.com/img/CE7D6C62-00EF-45F2-96F3-578990557D3B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><P>To access your router’s on-board software, you must connect to its internal Web server. The address to use, which is always network-internal, varies; In my example, it’s <STRONG>http://192.168.2.1</STRONG>. Here’s how to find yours on Windows XP: From your Start Menu, click the Run command, and then enter “<STRONG>cmd</STRONG>” to launch a command line. Next, type “<STRONG>ipconfig /all</STRONG>” and hit Enter to show details of your network connection. Your “<STRONG>default gateway</STRONG>” is your router’s address. Open a Web browser and go to that address to access your router’s settings. You’ll be required to enter a Username and Password but that’s all in your router’s documentation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><P>While you’re still in the command line, please write down your “physical address,” also known as the MAC address, as shown below. You’ll need this later.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.makeuseof.com/img/FA4B25E0-C0DB-44DB-AEAB-7441628C75D8" alt="wifiMacAddress" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.makeuseof.com/img/DA0A6D57-0618-4771-9391-A208DB33D7E2" alt="wifiChannelSSID" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.makeuseof.com/img/D62A3A6D-5D6E-4458-9C38-914F398810F3" alt="wifiSecurity" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/">You’re going to want the WPA2 encryption, as WEP is easily cracked</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/">the encryption key, you can either generate one from a typed phrase</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/">or </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/">hexadecimal code.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-set-up-and-secure-your-own-wi-fi-hotspot/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.makeuseof.com/img/C44836A3-6947-49EE-8C7D-943969A7BE4F" alt="wifiMacFiltering" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9826DD0E-635F-478C-B167-C4320C38096A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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