Securing Wireless router DI-524

Hello My name is Gary I am new to wireless and have been reading for a few
days. I have a network of 3 PC's and a Mac Powerbook G3.

I recently purchased a DI-524 Wireless router and a Aria Extreme wireless
card for the Mac

I encountered some of the same things as others may have hooking up to a net
finding it was not mine and setting it up to work with my own.

I plan only to use it with my Mac and hard wired for the rest.

My question is: Is it possible to set up my router to only accept only info
from my Mac so others cannot use my router?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary

Gary J Bevans wrote:
> Hello My name is Gary I am new to wireless and have been reading for a few
> days. I have a network of 3 PC's and a Mac Powerbook G3.
>
> I recently purchased a DI-524 Wireless router and a Aria Extreme wireless
> card for the Mac
>
> I encountered some of the same things as others may have hooking up to a net
> finding it was not mine and setting it up to work with my own.
>
> I plan only to use it with my Mac and hard wired for the rest.
>
> My question is: Is it possible to set up my router to only accept only info
> from my Mac so others cannot use my router?
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
>
>
Yes, you can set up either MAC filtering or WEP encryption. Every
network interface device has a unique MAC address and you can therefore
restrict which devices can access your network. WEP encryption sets up
a secure encrypted connection between wireless devices.

Both of these should be fully documented in your access points/wireless
cards manuals and you should refer to them for the details.

Good luck.

Splee