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Do you have a wireless card in the PC?
The only way, If I understand computers is that you must have wireless hardware for the wireless software to work. If I'm wrong please advise me!

Actiontec is providing a wireless ready DSL modem and is showing up in a lot of places these days. It's totally cool! People can network their homes in an instant and the neighbors can visit too.

WEP makes it hard for the average neighbor to get in. It's kind of like locking your doors, if they really want in they'll do it. My method is to make it very difficult and setup as many hoops to jump as possible.

If you have the Actiontec DSL modem just log in on your gateway IP usually 192.168.0.1 unless it's been changed. Go to your advanced settings and disable the wireless feature. It's been my experience so far that the feature is not enabled by default anyway. Look at your lights, is the Wireless one on?

I have to use wireless in some situations and found that if you WEP the network and then disable the (God forbid) DHCP and set your IP range to be only large enough for the total units on your network. There is basically no room for the neighbors to come in and if they try you'll get an IP conflict error on your computers. This is a tip you need to pay a visit and take your neighbor out to the back ally and beat some security into their heads :?)
Posted by: Uncle Buck   Posted on: 03/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great blog  Real World | 03/18/05
Thanks mjb  george_ou | 03/18/05
But still  Delmont | 06/01/05
Good Story that needs telling  stiennon | 03/18/05
Free access  Roger Ramjet | 03/18/05
Who said WiMAX will be free?  george_ou | 03/18/05
i think he means...  doh123 | 03/18/05
Only if they don't authenticate correctly  george_ou | 03/18/05
Right on!  Martin Marvinski | 03/18/05
We get the point!  wbglinks | 03/18/05
I am actually  Roger Ramjet | 03/18/05
WLan tip  Real World | 03/18/05
Security through anonymity?  Martin Marvinski | 03/18/05
So you break the law?  Delmont | 06/01/05
No, you don't get it.  george_ou | 03/18/05
Question for you from a total novice  alokgovil | 03/18/05
What do you mean built-in AP?  george_ou | 03/18/05
More help please to the total novice  alokgovil | 03/19/05
You need Windows 2000 SP4  george_ou | 03/20/05
More help please ...  alokgovil | 03/24/05
Not sure what your set up is  george_ou | 03/24/05
Do you have a wireless card in the PC?  Uncle Buck | 03/25/05
Disable DHCP is one of the myths  george_ou | 03/25/05
Disabling wireless component on router  bmedicky | 03/25/05
More FUD  Gvanwinkle | 03/18/05
Who's spreading FUD?  george_ou | 03/18/05
Reality Check  Gvanwinkle | 03/21/05
Don't put words in my mouth  george_ou | 03/21/05
I like MAC address filtering  scrapheap | 03/19/05
WEP is easier and stronger than MAC filtering  george_ou | 03/20/05
Armies of hackers?  slartibartfast_z | 03/25/06
As I continue to feel like an idiot.  nucrash | 03/18/05
You're better off with WEP  george_ou | 03/18/05
What about performance issues?  nucrash | 03/18/05
WEP doen't hurt much  george_ou | 03/18/05
WEP is done in hardware  treed_z | 04/02/05
To hell with Wireless LANs  redstoner | 03/18/05
Some Evironments can only use a wireless lan.  nucrash | 03/18/05
You're not reading from the right sources  george_ou | 03/18/05
I hope the 7 open WLANS owners around me don't read this!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/18/05
People want security but not reduced functionality  MGNL | 03/19/05
I never mentioned 802.11i here  george_ou | 03/20/05
Rogue WLANs  swanlzs | 03/21/05
That's another blog  george_ou | 03/21/05
Rogue WLANs... schools  swanlzs | 03/21/05
Thanks for the info, George  mreilly19 | 03/21/05
Be sure to get this guide too  george_ou | 03/21/05
Great stuff, George, but you missed one....  kenetrix@... | 03/22/05
Actually, the spray paint exists!  george_ou | 03/24/05
Whether it's a myth or not, it's impractical  burkhartmic | 05/29/05
Note that I'm not recommending paint  george_ou | 05/29/05
Thank you George  brilang | 03/22/05
It's good to know that people are listening  george_ou | 03/22/05
OK... you've done half your job  morchant | 03/22/05
In all fairness...  morchant | 03/22/05
Home and small business users were addressed  george_ou | 03/22/05
Did you read the previous blog?  george_ou | 03/22/05
Rename the article - rebuttal  GJackson_z | 05/03/05
Actually, it depends  sbranigan | 05/05/05
Doing the Best You Can with WEP  dhighway | 05/06/05
True, don't ever use "Shared key auth"  george_ou | 05/29/05
MAC Filtering Totally Useless?  tonyg_z | 05/06/05
Disallowing SSID Broadcasts is better  dhighway | 05/07/05
why bother?  george_ou | 05/20/05
Security  phred14 | 06/10/05
why to be dumb  norbs_z | 05/24/05
Very low performance lost  george_ou | 05/24/05
I agree  Delmont | 06/01/05
You're very right.  Zorlak | 06/10/05
Are you stupid? I almost fully disagree.  Zorlak | 06/10/05
I told myself I would stay quiet... Until I saw this.  ptimmins | 06/10/05
What is your point?  silentbob_z | 06/10/05
I may ramble, but there's definitely a point in here somewhere.  ptimmins | 06/13/05
New Flash Demo of how wireless hackers work  lizl | 06/30/05
Advice for a newbie to wireless  Qman_z | 08/24/05
Addendum  Qman_z | 08/24/05
Great Article George..  ju1ce | 01/24/06
Been banging on this drum for a long time  george_ou | 01/24/06
Robot for Wireless networks  xaox | 02/20/07
Voting error: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43  SeniorMoment | 03/29/07
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Method  cbiltcliffe@... | 12/12/07
Oops.  cbiltcliffe@... | 12/12/07
Wireless Security  Bursa | 09/02/07
Besides the famous "Paint"!  Bursa | 09/02/07
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