securing netgear dg834g v2

[bronners]

can anyone tell me how to secure my home network as i have 1 pc 1 laptop both xp and soon 1 laptop with vista home.it used to be secured but i had problems with it and had to reset it (we`re with aohell) and since then its not been secured.am a bit worried tho as sometimes the router seems to be in use even when nobody in the house is on any of the computers,its as if someone else is accessing it.any help much appreciated,thanks brian.

[sharmaa]

hi there,
you need to secure your wireless ssid. the best way to do this is by putting a password ( wep or wpa key). if you read the documentation (data sheet) from this link http://www.netgear.com/products/routersandgate ways/gwirelessrouters/dg834g.aspx. if you still cant do it let me know i will help you. regards

[bronners]

thanks for that sharmaa

[djpazza]

if you dont wont to use that you can also turn the mac filter on, on your router. Each device that connects to your router has a mac address (Media Access Control), by turning on the filter you can manually add in which devices you wish to allow access. To find out your mac address goto start - run - type 'cmd' and press ok. Then type 'ipconfig /all' then look for 'Physical Address' e.g 00-11-11-12-5A-1B-DB. Then enter this into you allowed list on your router.

You could also try this very user friendly program called Network Magic it will give you a over view of you network, along with tracking activity and will even pop up with a notice when devices connect to your network and best of all its free.


http://www.download.com/Network-Magic/3000-208 5_4-10722919.html?tag=lst-2