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Originally Posted by lk_3000
If i disable dhcp, and use static ips for each computer would i need to add the other network numbers?
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Disabling DHCP does not, by itself, make anything more secure. As was mentioned in several of the sections of the most excellent post above, hackers do not need to have specific access righs,MAC addresses IP addresses etc, they just need to know if one exists on your network, and then they can spoof that.
The real keys are enabling every aspect of security that you know how to use, and learn about the ones that you don't. All you need to do to keep war drivers away from your network is to make it difficult for them, because there's always a guy down the street who thinks that the "guru" from Future Shop has taught him everything he needs to know to have a secure wireless network, and he is the perfect target.
All in all, I think if you follow the directions in this post, including doing some reading on aspects that you may not be aware of, you are well on your way.
For me, I simply choose not to go wireless, simply no need to right now in my home. I have a DSL router/firewall, and I keep my home network prety closed up. But that's just me, and I think that hackers may be out to get me.
Paranoid? Yes.
Deranged? Oh, quite possibly.
IS there anyone out to get me? Probably not.
Peace,
Pierre