XP and Mac security needs

I have a Dell with XP SP2 and a Mac with OSX.4 - both using a linksys
wireless router. The wireless connection is unsecured. I've not been able to
locate concise instructions on how to configure the router so that a password
is required for access. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Mattman wrote:

> I have a Dell with XP SP2 and a Mac with OSX.4 - both using a linksys
> wireless router. The wireless connection is unsecured. I've not been
> able to locate concise instructions on how to configure the router so
> that a password is required for access. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thank you.

If you don't have a manual for your router, go to the router mftr.'s
website where you will find the manual. Most routers are configured
using a browser and entering the router's IP address in the browser's
addressbar.

Wireless - Basic Configuration -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5

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

Malke - thanks for your assistance.

"Malke" wrote:

> Mattman wrote:
>
> > I have a Dell with XP SP2 and a Mac with OSX.4 - both using a linksys
> > wireless router. The wireless connection is unsecured. I've not been
> > able to locate concise instructions on how to configure the router so
> > that a password is required for access. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated. Thank you.
>
> If you don't have a manual for your router, go to the router mftr.'s
> website where you will find the manual. Most routers are configured
> using a browser and entering the router's IP address in the browser's
> addressbar.
>
> Wireless - Basic Configuration -
> http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
> Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
> MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

I am writing this letter to ALL Wireless Router manufacturers.
I have a Linksys Wireless Router Model:BEFW11S4. It is 7 years (yes, count
them, all of seven little years) old. I have visited the Linksys website
numerous times trying to set up the WEP/WPA security on that wireless router
(as all responsible wireless router owners should!). I found that there are
no links to any wireless router setting websites that are congruent with the
screen shots from Linksys' own self help technical support site. I have had
to call Linksys several times to resolve this issue only to be placed on hold
for lengthy times (sometimes my call was dropped and I had to start over ....
how sad for such a large company to have such poorly trained phone
receptionists!), then be transferred (see previous comment about the phone
receptionists) to a supposed supervisor, only to finally be transferred to
someone who tells me that the warranty has expired and wants me to pay $40.00
for the technical support to do the right thing that I want and need to do.
First, the device works fine (as evidenced by this e-mail that you have
just received)!
Second, why should I have to pay for doing the right thing?
Third, if I am going to be EXTORTED into buying a new wireless router so
that I can do the right thing and set up an encryption key for a secure
network, what on Gods' Green Earth makes anyone think that I would CHOOSE to
buy another Linksys product when ALL that I have ever received from them is a
functional wireless router (yes, even after seven whole years) and the
crappiest Customer Service/Technical Support I have ever had the displeasure
to encounter!
I shall copy this letter and try to find as many Chat Rooms as possible in
order to spread the word of ALL that I have gone through with the Chain of
Command at the Linksys phone center, well above and beyond what any
reasonable person should expect to go through, and still have NO RELIEF
concerning my singular issue with their product and its capabilities that I
SHOULD be able to enjoy as the owner of said product! What has happend to
"The Customer Is Always Right" Customer Service mantra (I can't say "In
America" because the call was handled in India)? Is the Customer, the ones
that makes the company what it is through the purchase of products, so
worthless to the company that they can just be treated with abject contempt
and scorn? Is the Customer to thus be trampled underfoot? Are we paying to
be so abused? I, for one (yes, one, the beginning of all), shall NOT be
treated in such manner, and CERTAINLY shall NOT PAY to be treated as such!
In this world of expanding technologies, it shall be those with the
GREATEST Customer Appeal that shall continue to be found worthwile in the
publics' eyes (and pocketbooks) and shall grow to meet the demands of a
growing world - ESPECIALLY in the Electronics Department!
It is now my strongest desire that the Linksys Corporation suffers
irreparable damage and goes out of business for their Crappy Customer
Service! I can only hope that I reach enough people around the world to bring
this desire true!

"Mattman" wrote:

> I have a Dell with XP SP2 and a Mac with OSX.4 - both using a linksys
> wireless router. The wireless connection is unsecured. I've not been able to
> locate concise instructions on how to configure the router so that a password
> is required for access. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi
The BEFW11S4 was a sub mediocre Wireless Router even when it was new.
7 years later it probably worth more as an Antique Relic rather than a
technological device.
device.
In any case this Wireless Router is one of the best of the sub #100 category
and it is on sale for $29.99 after rebate and free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320023
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)


"Phil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4869DA2D-5823-4E59-B887-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am writing this letter to ALL Wireless Router manufacturers.
> I have a Linksys Wireless Router Model:BEFW11S4. It is 7 years (yes,
> count
> them, all of seven little years) old. I have visited the Linksys website
> numerous times trying to set up the WEP/WPA security on that wireless
> router
> (as all responsible wireless router owners should!). I found that there
> are
> no links to any wireless router setting websites that are congruent with
> the
> screen shots from Linksys' own self help technical support site. I have
> had
> to call Linksys several times to resolve this issue only to be placed on
> hold
> for lengthy times (sometimes my call was dropped and I had to start over
> ....
> how sad for such a large company to have such poorly trained phone
> receptionists!), then be transferred (see previous comment about the
> phone
> receptionists) to a supposed supervisor, only to finally be transferred to
> someone who tells me that the warranty has expired and wants me to pay
> $40.00
> for the technical support to do the right thing that I want and need to
> do.
> First, the device works fine (as evidenced by this e-mail that you have
> just received)!
> Second, why should I have to pay for doing the right thing?
> Third, if I am going to be EXTORTED into buying a new wireless router so
> that I can do the right thing and set up an encryption key for a secure
> network, what on Gods' Green Earth makes anyone think that I would CHOOSE
> to
> buy another Linksys product when ALL that I have ever received from them
> is a
> functional wireless router (yes, even after seven whole years) and the
> crappiest Customer Service/Technical Support I have ever had the
> displeasure
> to encounter!
> I shall copy this letter and try to find as many Chat Rooms as possible in
> order to spread the word of ALL that I have gone through with the Chain of
> Command at the Linksys phone center, well above and beyond what any
> reasonable person should expect to go through, and still have NO RELIEF
> concerning my singular issue with their product and its capabilities that
> I
> SHOULD be able to enjoy as the owner of said product! What has happend to
> "The Customer Is Always Right" Customer Service mantra (I can't say "In
> America" because the call was handled in India)? Is the Customer, the
> ones
> that makes the company what it is through the purchase of products, so
> worthless to the company that they can just be treated with abject
> contempt
> and scorn? Is the Customer to thus be trampled underfoot? Are we paying
> to
> be so abused? I, for one (yes, one, the beginning of all), shall NOT be
> treated in such manner, and CERTAINLY shall NOT PAY to be treated as such!
> In this world of expanding technologies, it shall be those with the
> GREATEST Customer Appeal that shall continue to be found worthwile in the
> publics' eyes (and pocketbooks) and shall grow to meet the demands of a
> growing world - ESPECIALLY in the Electronics Department!
> It is now my strongest desire that the Linksys Corporation suffers
> irreparable damage and goes out of business for their Crappy Customer
> Service! I can only hope that I reach enough people around the world to
> bring
> this desire true!
>
> "Mattman" wrote:
>
>> I have a Dell with XP SP2 and a Mac with OSX.4 - both using a linksys
>> wireless router. The wireless connection is unsecured. I've not been able
>> to
>> locate concise instructions on how to configure the router so that a
>> password
>> is required for access. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Phil <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am writing this letter to ALL Wireless Router manufacturers.

Then why the hell are you spamming the newsgroups? All you're doing is
pissing off people who have no control over your hardware. This is a peer
support newsgroup, and not a suitable location for your ranting. Get over
it.

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