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smcGSI16V

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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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20th May 08 at 21:34

I just had t buy a new wireless broadbrand router today as my old one stopped working.
Everything is connected up ok and works fine.

The problem I have is that when I do a wireless network search mine comes up as an unsecure network and the neighbours are secure.

How do I go about making mine secure?

Its a Netgear router and i'm running XP if that helps.

Thanks in advance.
Oh, and keep it simple and in plan English as I'm not very knowledgable about computer stuff.

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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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20th May 08 at 21:37

Go to the Netgear website and get the instructions for your router

bubble

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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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20th May 08 at 21:59

192.168.0.1

admin

password

wireless settings

enable wep

choose wep key

job done

TBH

smcGSI16V

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20th May 08 at 22:58

so with the choice of 4 keys do I pick one, write it down, then reconnect to the network, type in the key when it ask's.

bubble

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20th May 08 at 23:19

quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
so with the choice of 4 keys do I pick one, write it down, then reconnect to the network, type in the key when it ask's.

correct

John

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20th May 08 at 23:26

Thats wep, what you want is wpa which is just one passphrase, much easier and much more secure.

_Allan_

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21st May 08 at 07:27

Have a look in Ash's thread. There is a link for generating a secure key. As John said I'd go for WPA.

http://corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=431678

johnhara1

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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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21st May 08 at 09:18

Use WPA like John said.

Change the password on your Router too.

You could also consider mac address filtering but for most just WPA is fine.

Once your setup you might want to open up certain ports so your download programs etc wont be limited.

smcGSI16V

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21st May 08 at 22:26

Thank you people for your help. I went for WPA thingy, really easy. Ta.

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