[helicopter_red]

Hi guys new to all this so might be a simple prob!
i have installed a wireless network into my desktop it is a belkin f5d7633-4 which is a modem router etc.
i have managed to get it connected up ok my laptop connects to the router and so does my desktop but everytime i try to turn on the security it locks me out and i have to reset with the hardwire!
this is my first step i am also having probs getting the two pc's to share the network but im trying to do one thing at a time.
any help is greatly appreciated
cheers H-R

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Hi,
what security?
On your desktop machine or the wireless router?
Mike

[miles_obrien]

Hi,
what security?
On your desktop machine or the wireless router?
Mike

[helicopter_red]

Hi,
what security?
On your desktop machine or the wireless router?
Mike

Hi thanks for a quick reply! i was referring to securing the wireless network so nobody can connect to the internet through a wireless connection or to my desktop pc when i get round to sorting that problem out (i.e i mean the laptop and the desktop not being able to share files, but thats my next step after sorting out the security)
Cheers HR

[-=jonnyrotten=-]

Go to your router's config page and setup WEP with a passphrase. Now setup a wireless channel and a unique ssid. Now go to the wireless machines and set them up via the wireless card's config menu to use the same unique ssid, channel, and wep algorithm you have set up on the router. Also in the router's config you should be able to disable the broadcast feature therefore blocking others from automatically connecting to the internet through your router, unless of course they know the ssid, wep algorithm, and the channel.

-=jonnyrotten=-

[Greazy]

You can also use the MAC address filter on the router to only allow the MAC (physical) addresses of your network cards so no one else's can connect even if they do happen to find it.

To find out your MAC:
Click Start>Run and enter cmd.
Once the command window opens, type ipconfig /all
In the display, there should be a description for your wireless adapter and there should be a line that says, "Physical Address" That is your MAC address.
Go back into your router configuration, under the wireless settings for the router, click the MAC Address Filter tab and enter in your MAC addresses, enter in each one from each machine that you want to connect wireless. Then apply.

Hope this helps.

Greazy Mcgeezy