D Link wireless security setup?

I am totally new to Wireless,but have successfully set up the Comcast cable
modem, the DLink AirPlus Extreme DWL-650 and the corresponding DLink card
DI-624 for the laptop.

All work well but I have as Virus detector NOD32 running on both machines,
which use as OS WinXP Pro on desktop and WinXP Home on laptop.

I have not set up any other firewall (tried it but then I cannot use the
laptop remotely to access the Internet)

The D-link Technical people said that their router was enough anyhow.

Who has a similar setup and can advise?

Should I have anything turned on or make changes to the default setup?

Read the manual for the card and wireless router. Both supports WEP, WPA and
WPA-PSK encryption. If you don't have a radius server to connect to, I
recommend that you enable WPA-PSK encryption. Use a long nonsense passphrase
like:

7Vs4JO10A7yjHtXESZIbHhTjIwinISG5ERtxqTCtAYdhWY0VEC L6RDAFAN2nZUO

Remember, the same passphrase must be used on both the wireless card and the
wireless router. Broadcast the SSID. Enabling MAC address filtering is a
hurdle with no real benefits. Still, many people feel better by enabling
it. As long as you enable strong encryption, you should be fine.

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Just Me, D

Thanks for helping.

My tiny manual that came with D-linkDWL-650 and DLink DI624 do not touch
these areas at all.
So can you please tell me how to proceed in more detail since I am not new
to computers at all, but very much so to the Wireless world.

"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Read the manual for the card and wireless router. Both supports WEP, WPA
> and
> WPA-PSK encryption. If you don't have a radius server to connect to, I
> recommend that you enable WPA-PSK encryption. Use a long nonsense
> passphrase
> like:
>
> 7Vs4JO10A7yjHtXESZIbHhTjIwinISG5ERtxqTCtAYdhWY0VEC L6RDAFAN2nZUO
>
> Remember, the same passphrase must be used on both the wireless card and
> the
> wireless router. Broadcast the SSID. Enabling MAC address filtering is a
> hurdle with no real benefits. Still, many people feel better by enabling
> it. As long as you enable strong encryption, you should be fine.
>
> --
> Just Me, D

First, from a computer that is connected to your router, via ethernet cable,
type in the IP address of your router (see manual for IP address) in the
address section of your web browser and press the enter key. After logging
on to the router's menu (see manual for username and password) you will be
able to figure out the layout. You will see where to type in encryption
keys, etc. As for your wireless card, if you're using the wireless zero
configuration provided by Windows XP, assuming you're using XP, then double
click on your wireless internet connection and do pretty much the same.

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Just Me, D

Thanks, helps a lot. Now-can I use ANY number for the Encryption key?

Do I need the SAME for both desktop and Laptop?

I do use Windows XP. Anything I need to do there?

Thanks in advance
"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> First, from a computer that is connected to your router, via ethernet
> cable,
> type in the IP address of your router (see manual for IP address) in the
> address section of your web browser and press the enter key. After
> logging
> on to the router's menu (see manual for username and password) you will be
> able to figure out the layout. You will see where to type in encryption
> keys, etc. As for your wireless card, if you're using the wireless zero
> configuration provided by Windows XP, assuming you're using XP, then
> double
> click on your wireless internet connection and do pretty much the same.
>
> --
> Just Me, D

Yes, with WPA-PSK, you can use any number, any letter as well as special
characters like (!@#$%^&*_-+=~`, etc. You can use all letters or all
numbers or all special characters or a combination of them up to a total of
63. You cannot do that with WEP. You don't have to have a 63 character
passphrase/encryption key, but it should be at least 7 characters. I use a
total of 63. And yes, in order for the wireless card to communicate with the
router, they must share the same passphrase/encryption key. That's the
security of it. If another wireless pc is within range of your router's
wireless signal, that pc must possess your passphrase/encryption key or it
cannot communicate with it.

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Just Me, D

That is scary to type 63 symbols on both computers and hope and pray that
you did not once make a mistake, right?
But I do appreciate your response.

At this time I have finally set up the WEP on both computers with 26
numbers.

But I might go your way yet.


"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Yes, with WPA-PSK, you can use any number, any letter as well as special
> characters like (!@#$%^&*_-+=~`, etc. You can use all letters or all
> numbers or all special characters or a combination of them up to a total
> of
> 63. You cannot do that with WEP. You don't have to have a 63 character
> passphrase/encryption key, but it should be at least 7 characters. I use
> a
> total of 63. And yes, in order for the wireless card to communicate with
> the
> router, they must share the same passphrase/encryption key. That's the
> security of it. If another wireless pc is within range of your router's
> wireless signal, that pc must possess your passphrase/encryption key or it
> cannot communicate with it.
>
> --
> Just Me, D

When you type the passphrase in the router's menu, it'll show up as is.
Simply highlight the box where you typed in the passphrase, copy then paste
it to the section in your wireless card's setup. You really don't have to
remember the passphrase. Whenever you need it, simply access the router's
menu from a pc that is connected, via ethernet cable, to the wireless
router.

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Just Me, D

Oh. now that was and is good news.

Thanks again for all the help.


"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When you type the passphrase in the router's menu, it'll show up as is.
> Simply highlight the box where you typed in the passphrase, copy then
> paste
> it to the section in your wireless card's setup. You really don't have to
> remember the passphrase. Whenever you need it, simply access the router's
> menu from a pc that is connected, via ethernet cable, to the wireless
> router.
>
> --
> Just Me, D

"Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> That is scary to type 63 symbols on both computers and hope and pray that
> you did not once make a mistake, right?
> But I do appreciate your response.
>
> At this time I have finally set up the WEP on both computers with 26
> numbers.

I have written a program that generates random WPA (or WEP) key strings. It
automatically copies these to the windows clipboard so they can be pasted
into into Notepad (or whatever). If you transfer this notepad file to each
computer you can copy and paste from there into the Wireless devices to
avoid mistyping. The characters used are all printable. If your WPA device
supports Hex then a hexadecimal string can also be generated by the program.
I use hex for my WEP only wireless access point.

Here is the link to the program description and download
http://www.soroban.co.uk/wepkeygen.htm

The program is free and does not need to be installed but does require the
,net framework version 1.1 to be installed on the computer.

John Steele