security enabled wireless network

In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?

security enabled means that your information and your internet is not
accesible by any other persons than you(exept for hackers)so this means that
anyone near you is using your wireless internet service for free while you
pay for it. there are 2 basic types of security 1. WEP 2.WPA (WPA being much
better than WEP) to enable security on your network you can use the wireless
network setup wizard in the control pannel section on your computer. if you
can, try to use the WPA encryption, if you cant just settle for WEP. After
you have setup the network you will need to be able to access your router
through your computer to input the wireless network key into your router.

"GeorgeR" wrote:

> In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
> other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
> not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?

Thank you James. I have gone through the setup process and used WPA. The one
part of the process that didn't go as my computer wanted was when it asked me
to connect the USB storage device into the router. There is no USB port on
the router. In your note you mentioned accessing it through the computer to
set it up. How do I do that? Thanks again.

"james" wrote:

> security enabled means that your information and your internet is not
> accesible by any other persons than you(exept for hackers)so this means that
> anyone near you is using your wireless internet service for free while you
> pay for it. there are 2 basic types of security 1. WEP 2.WPA (WPA being much
> better than WEP) to enable security on your network you can use the wireless
> network setup wizard in the control pannel section on your computer. if you
> can, try to use the WPA encryption, if you cant just settle for WEP. After
> you have setup the network you will need to be able to access your router
> through your computer to input the wireless network key into your router.
>
> "GeorgeR" wrote:
>
> > In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
> > other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
> > not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?

Routers typically are configured through a web interface that you access
by directing your browser -- preferably connected to the router by cable
while making configuration changes -- to the IP address of the router.
You'll have to check your manual for the default IP address. For most
Linksys routers, it is 192.168.1.1

I've never used the "network setup wizard" but if you truly set up WPA
on your computer but not on your router, you probably can't connect
wirelessly. In order to connect wirelessly, both the computer and
router must use the same level of encryption (WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-AES,
WPA2) and have the same "key" or password.

Are you sure the "wizard" asked you to connect the USB device to the
router (and not, for example, to another computer that you wanted to
have the same wireless setup)?


GeorgeR wrote:

> Thank you James. I have gone through the setup process and used WPA. The one
> part of the process that didn't go as my computer wanted was when it asked me
> to connect the USB storage device into the router. There is no USB port on
> the router. In your note you mentioned accessing it through the computer to
> set it up. How do I do that? Thanks again.
>
> "james" wrote:
>
>
>>security enabled means that your information and your internet is not
>>accesible by any other persons than you(exept for hackers)so this means that
>>anyone near you is using your wireless internet service for free while you
>>pay for it. there are 2 basic types of security 1. WEP 2.WPA (WPA being much
>>better than WEP) to enable security on your network you can use the wireless
>>network setup wizard in the control pannel section on your computer. if you
>>can, try to use the WPA encryption, if you cant just settle for WEP. After
>>you have setup the network you will need to be able to access your router
>>through your computer to input the wireless network key into your router.
>>
>>"GeorgeR" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
>>>other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
>>>not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?

when i use the wizard i choose to manually setup the rest of the network then
before clicking the finish button at the end it will give you a "print
network settings" option, click that and you should find your network key and
other information in a wordpad document.

"Lem" wrote:

> Routers typically are configured through a web interface that you access
> by directing your browser -- preferably connected to the router by cable
> while making configuration changes -- to the IP address of the router.
> You'll have to check your manual for the default IP address. For most
> Linksys routers, it is 192.168.1.1
>
> I've never used the "network setup wizard" but if you truly set up WPA
> on your computer but not on your router, you probably can't connect
> wirelessly. In order to connect wirelessly, both the computer and
> router must use the same level of encryption (WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-AES,
> WPA2) and have the same "key" or password.
>
> Are you sure the "wizard" asked you to connect the USB device to the
> router (and not, for example, to another computer that you wanted to
> have the same wireless setup)?
>
>
> GeorgeR wrote:
>
> > Thank you James. I have gone through the setup process and used WPA. The one
> > part of the process that didn't go as my computer wanted was when it asked me
> > to connect the USB storage device into the router. There is no USB port on
> > the router. In your note you mentioned accessing it through the computer to
> > set it up. How do I do that? Thanks again.
> >
> > "james" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>security enabled means that your information and your internet is not
> >>accesible by any other persons than you(exept for hackers)so this means that
> >>anyone near you is using your wireless internet service for free while you
> >>pay for it. there are 2 basic types of security 1. WEP 2.WPA (WPA being much
> >>better than WEP) to enable security on your network you can use the wireless
> >>network setup wizard in the control pannel section on your computer. if you
> >>can, try to use the WPA encryption, if you cant just settle for WEP. After
> >>you have setup the network you will need to be able to access your router
> >>through your computer to input the wireless network key into your router.
> >>
> >>"GeorgeR" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
> >>>other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
> >>>not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?
>
>

Thank you both. Well after about 5 hours of messing around with this I have
created a security enabled wireless network. Honestly, I would never have
been able do it without closely reading the manual that came with the router.
I basically had to start over from scratch and did it all through the
192.168.1.1 site and then configuring the laptop.

What still puzzles me though is that there is now a new network with the
same strength as my SSID network that is unsecured. Its name is linksys. It
is almost as though there is a second network being broadcast from my router.
Is that possible? If so, how do I kill it?

"james" wrote:

> when i use the wizard i choose to manually setup the rest of the network then
> before clicking the finish button at the end it will give you a "print
> network settings" option, click that and you should find your network key and
> other information in a wordpad document.
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
> > Routers typically are configured through a web interface that you access
> > by directing your browser -- preferably connected to the router by cable
> > while making configuration changes -- to the IP address of the router.
> > You'll have to check your manual for the default IP address. For most
> > Linksys routers, it is 192.168.1.1
> >
> > I've never used the "network setup wizard" but if you truly set up WPA
> > on your computer but not on your router, you probably can't connect
> > wirelessly. In order to connect wirelessly, both the computer and
> > router must use the same level of encryption (WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-AES,
> > WPA2) and have the same "key" or password.
> >
> > Are you sure the "wizard" asked you to connect the USB device to the
> > router (and not, for example, to another computer that you wanted to
> > have the same wireless setup)?
> >
> >
> > GeorgeR wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you James. I have gone through the setup process and used WPA. The one
> > > part of the process that didn't go as my computer wanted was when it asked me
> > > to connect the USB storage device into the router. There is no USB port on
> > > the router. In your note you mentioned accessing it through the computer to
> > > set it up. How do I do that? Thanks again.
> > >
> > > "james" wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>security enabled means that your information and your internet is not
> > >>accesible by any other persons than you(exept for hackers)so this means that
> > >>anyone near you is using your wireless internet service for free while you
> > >>pay for it. there are 2 basic types of security 1. WEP 2.WPA (WPA being much
> > >>better than WEP) to enable security on your network you can use the wireless
> > >>network setup wizard in the control pannel section on your computer. if you
> > >>can, try to use the WPA encryption, if you cant just settle for WEP. After
> > >>you have setup the network you will need to be able to access your router
> > >>through your computer to input the wireless network key into your router.
> > >>
> > >>"GeorgeR" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>In my home my computer detects 4 wireless networks, one of which is mine. The
> > >>>other three say that they are securety enabled wireless networks. Mine does
> > >>>not. What is security enabling and how do I do create it for my own network?
> >
> >

johnny wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:49:02 -0800, GeorgeR wrote:
>
>> Thank you both. Well after about 5 hours of messing around with this
>> I have created a security enabled wireless network. Honestly, I would
>> never have been able do it without closely reading the manual that
>> came with the router. I basically had to start over from scratch and
>> did it all through the 192.168.1.1 site and then configuring the
>> laptop.
>>
>> What still puzzles me though is that there is now a new network with
>> the same strength as my SSID network that is unsecured. Its name is
>> linksys. It is almost as though there is a second network being
>> broadcast from my router. Is that possible? If so, how do I kill it?
>
> It's probably a neighbor's router. The neighbor apparently is going
> with the default SSID. One of you will have to change channels to
> avoid the interference.

George doesn't need to change the channel. He needs to change his SSID
from the default Linksys to something he likes. Then he can set his
network to Preferred and check "only connect to preferred networks".

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I have changed my SSID and my laptop always selects my network which is the
preferred network. I just wanted to make sure that I had not accidently set
up a second unsecured network broadcast in the area. I think that johnny is
right because sometimes I see the Lynksis network as available and sometimes
I don't . Thank you all very much.

"Malke" wrote:

> johnny wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:49:02 -0800, GeorgeR wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you both. Well after about 5 hours of messing around with this
> >> I have created a security enabled wireless network. Honestly, I would
> >> never have been able do it without closely reading the manual that
> >> came with the router. I basically had to start over from scratch and
> >> did it all through the 192.168.1.1 site and then configuring the
> >> laptop.
> >>
> >> What still puzzles me though is that there is now a new network with
> >> the same strength as my SSID network that is unsecured. Its name is
> >> linksys. It is almost as though there is a second network being
> >> broadcast from my router. Is that possible? If so, how do I kill it?
> >
> > It's probably a neighbor's router. The neighbor apparently is going
> > with the default SSID. One of you will have to change channels to
> > avoid the interference.
>
> George doesn't need to change the channel. He needs to change his SSID
> from the default Linksys to something he likes. Then he can set his
> network to Preferred and check "only connect to preferred networks".
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>