02-23-2005, 06:45 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Need Wirless Network Help
We have wireless internet provided by our Apartment, but it blows.
So we bought roadrunner and bought our own Wirless router, a Linksys model WRT54G. The problem is everyone else in the area is logging onto our setup and is killing our speed. We want to set up a password requirement when connecting to it to keep these people out, but the linksys site doesnt say how to do this. Can anyone help? |
02-23-2005, 06:47 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Cracking the Whip
Location: Sexymama's arms...
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Turn on the WEP encryption option...you can use a "password" (it's really a hash) to set up a key.
Anyone tying to logon will need the key.
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02-23-2005, 07:04 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Mjollnir Incarnate
Location: Lost in thought
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A few quick steps that should ensure success.
1) Set up WEP like Lebell said. Somewhere in the options you should be able to generate a password based on a passphrase. A hash makes sense (thanks Lebell). So make sure 128 bit is selected, and type in a password. Then do the same thing on your wifi card. The only thing is that sometimes the passphrase thing doesn't play nice between devices. I had to manually tpe in the hash on my laptop's Atheros card so it could connect to my Netgear router. 2) Change your router's SSID. You look pretty noobish with a network named Linksys, plus it's inviting to freeloaders. Change i to something non-obvious (mine is from Japanese mythology) and tell your router to stop broadcasting its SSID. 3) Change your password on the router! What's your password right now? Admin? Password? Linksys? If I know it, so does Kevin Mitnick Jr. down the hall. That should do it for now. |
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02-24-2005, 07:12 PM | #10 (permalink) |
Enter Title Here
Location: Tennessee
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MAC filtering, disabling the SSID broadcast+renaming and 128 bit encryption with WEP should be used with all wireless devices. MAC filtering almost ensures your security, but taking the 5 minutes to add the other two is even better.
My laptop can see 3 networks on it's list.. 2 of which aren't mine, and both of which still have the default passwords on the routers. |
02-25-2005, 03:41 AM | #11 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: NorthEast
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Not to be a stickler, but to someone who is really trying to get in a MAC address block is not going to stop him. All those packets are going out over the air, all they have to do is watch them for a bit, see which MAC it allows and boom any good card lets you change your MAC now.
WEP is better, but we had a tech forum at work just a short while ago and there are many programs that are out there that can crack a WEP password in 30 minutes. Yes 30 minutes. And all they have to do is watch the traffic you are sending about in the air. WPA is better than WEP, but I believe its still crackable. I am not familiar with LEAP as its Cisco router centric. But at the least do what everyone is suggesting, change your name, stop broadcasting your SSID if you can, and setup WEP, that way at least you have tried to lock the door. |
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02-25-2005, 02:40 PM | #13 (permalink) | |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX
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