Help needed with home Wifi

We have two desktops and a laptop at home. The two desktops (one XP the
other Vista) are hard-wired into a Netgear DG834 v2 router/modem. On
occasions we need to connect the laptop to the Internet and turn on our
Belkin Wireless G Router (802.11g) by plugging it into the Netgear Router.
It all works fine.

The problem is there is no WEP or WPA key to protect us from anyone in the
vicinity of our house from using the connection. The CD that came with the
Belkin isn't any use as it expects you to just use a modem with it.

Can anyone tell me how I could configure the Wireless router with some sort
of protection - I know WEP is not that secure but any security will be
better than none!

Many thanks,

Noel

"Noel S Pamfree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> We have two desktops and a laptop at home. The two desktops (one XP the
> other Vista) are hard-wired into a Netgear DG834 v2 router/modem. On
> occasions we need to connect the laptop to the Internet and turn on our
> Belkin Wireless G Router (802.11g) by plugging it into the Netgear Router.
> It all works fine.
>
> The problem is there is no WEP or WPA key to protect us from anyone in the
> vicinity of our house from using the connection. The CD that came with
> the Belkin isn't any use as it expects you to just use a modem with it.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I could configure the Wireless router with some
> sort of protection - I know WEP is not that secure but any security will
> be better than none!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Noel
>

Here are links and general wireless security guidelines for connecting a
Vista or XP machine wirelessly. You can save off the wireless encryption key
to a flash drive for later use or for use by guests...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...sSecurity.html

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Noel S Pamfree wrote:
> We have two desktops and a laptop at home. The two desktops (one XP the
> other Vista) are hard-wired into a Netgear DG834 v2 router/modem. On
> occasions we need to connect the laptop to the Internet and turn on our
> Belkin Wireless G Router (802.11g) by plugging it into the Netgear Router.
> It all works fine.
>
> The problem is there is no WEP or WPA key to protect us from anyone in the
> vicinity of our house from using the connection. The CD that came with the
> Belkin isn't any use as it expects you to just use a modem with it.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I could configure the Wireless router with some sort
> of protection - I know WEP is not that secure but any security will be
> better than none!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Noel
>
>

A model number for your Belkin router would have been nice.

In addition to the "Wizard" on the CD that came with the router, there
should be a pdf User Manual. Read the section on "Web-Based Advanced
User Interface" under "Alternate Setup Method."

Although you need to do more in order to correctly configure your router
so that you could share files and printers between the laptop and the
other computers, in order to do just what you asked:

1. Connect an Ethernet cable between one of the Belkin's 4 blue "wired
computer" ports and any one of your computers.

2. Open a browser (IE, Firefox) on that computer and enter 192.168.2.1
in the address location. You should see the router's home page. Leave
the password blank and click submit.

3. Click on the link for the wireless settings. I suggest setting a
unique SSID as well as enabling WPA (or WPA2 if available and your
laptop supports it) encryption (you want PSK and AES, if offered choices).

After you're done, you can disconnect the Ethernet cable. You only need
to connect to the router that way while configuring it.

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Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 4KB of RAM and 72KB of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Thanks - worked Great!


"Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Noel S Pamfree wrote:
>> We have two desktops and a laptop at home. The two desktops (one XP the
>> other Vista) are hard-wired into a Netgear DG834 v2 router/modem. On
>> occasions we need to connect the laptop to the Internet and turn on our
>> Belkin Wireless G Router (802.11g) by plugging it into the Netgear
>> Router. It all works fine.
>>
>> The problem is there is no WEP or WPA key to protect us from anyone in
>> the vicinity of our house from using the connection. The CD that came
>> with the Belkin isn't any use as it expects you to just use a modem with
>> it.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how I could configure the Wireless router with some
>> sort of protection - I know WEP is not that secure but any security will
>> be better than none!
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Noel
>
> A model number for your Belkin router would have been nice.
>
> In addition to the "Wizard" on the CD that came with the router, there
> should be a pdf User Manual. Read the section on "Web-Based Advanced User
> Interface" under "Alternate Setup Method."
>
> Although you need to do more in order to correctly configure your router
> so that you could share files and printers between the laptop and the
> other computers, in order to do just what you asked:
>
> 1. Connect an Ethernet cable between one of the Belkin's 4 blue "wired
> computer" ports and any one of your computers.
>
> 2. Open a browser (IE, Firefox) on that computer and enter 192.168.2.1 in
> the address location. You should see the router's home page. Leave the
> password blank and click submit.
>
> 3. Click on the link for the wireless settings. I suggest setting a
> unique SSID as well as enabling WPA (or WPA2 if available and your laptop
> supports it) encryption (you want PSK and AES, if offered choices).
>
> After you're done, you can disconnect the Ethernet cable. You only need
> to connect to the router that way while configuring it.
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 4KB of RAM and 72KB of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Noel S Pamfree wrote:
> Thanks - worked Great!
>
>
> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Noel S Pamfree wrote:
>>> We have two desktops and a laptop at home. The two desktops (one XP the
>>> other Vista) are hard-wired into a Netgear DG834 v2 router/modem. On
>>> occasions we need to connect the laptop to the Internet and turn on our
>>> Belkin Wireless G Router (802.11g) by plugging it into the Netgear
>>> Router. It all works fine.
>>>
>>> The problem is there is no WEP or WPA key to protect us from anyone in
>>> the vicinity of our house from using the connection. The CD that came
>>> with the Belkin isn't any use as it expects you to just use a modem with
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how I could configure the Wireless router with some
>>> sort of protection - I know WEP is not that secure but any security will
>>> be better than none!
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Noel
>> A model number for your Belkin router would have been nice.
>>
>> In addition to the "Wizard" on the CD that came with the router, there
>> should be a pdf User Manual. Read the section on "Web-Based Advanced User
>> Interface" under "Alternate Setup Method."
>>
>> Although you need to do more in order to correctly configure your router
>> so that you could share files and printers between the laptop and the
>> other computers, in order to do just what you asked:
>>
>> 1. Connect an Ethernet cable between one of the Belkin's 4 blue "wired
>> computer" ports and any one of your computers.
>>
>> 2. Open a browser (IE, Firefox) on that computer and enter 192.168.2.1 in
>> the address location. You should see the router's home page. Leave the
>> password blank and click submit.
>>
>> 3. Click on the link for the wireless settings. I suggest setting a
>> unique SSID as well as enabling WPA (or WPA2 if available and your laptop
>> supports it) encryption (you want PSK and AES, if offered choices).
>>
>> After you're done, you can disconnect the Ethernet cable. You only need
>> to connect to the router that way while configuring it.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>>
>> To the moon and back with 4KB of RAM and 72KB of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>
>

Glad it worked.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 4KB of RAM and 72KB of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm