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How To Setup a Secure Wireless Network in Your Home

mterebessy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:51:35 -0500

Select a hardware vendor of your choice. This is probably one of the single most important steps as many vendors will "end of life" many of their products fairly early. For home based networking, Linksys does a great job of providing almost all of the features one might need in a wireless router/access point.
Conduct a wireless survey. Before setting up your wireless router/access point, survey the airwaves to find the best setting for your network. A lot of times neighbors' wireless devices (access points, phones, etc.) can slow your network to a crawl if channels overlap. Along with your laptop or desktop equipped with a wireless card, use a tool like Net Stumbler to survey the area.

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How To Secure a D-Link DI-524 Router

TechieGuy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:21:08 -0600

Securing a wireless connection is extremely important to protect any personal information you may have stored on your computer. The DI-524 wireless router, by default, is not secured and so it is up to the user to secure the router before connecting to it. To secure a D-Link DI-524, use the following steps:

How To Protect a Linksys WRT54G Router Using WAP and WEP

julio.rocha — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:01:01 -0600

You are subject to risk if you're using wireless LAN. Securing a wireless connection is very important to protect personal or corporate information. Below I’ll describe how to secure the Linksys wireless broadband router WRT54G. The device is not secured by default. Most people use the router with the default configuration, which allows hackers to access their internet broadband. And that's not even the worst thing. The biggest danger is that hackers can have access to the personal or corporate data stored in your computer. Please follow the below instructions to protect your device:

Connect your computer to the router using a network cable, or you can connect to the router through a wireless connection. Note that your wireless card in your computer must be enabled.
Open your Web browser. Enter: http://192.168.1.1 in the address field. This is an internal IP address to access your router.

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