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Log into your router, enter the system password and secure things.
192.168.1.1 <--- type this into your Ip address bar. Not working? Try the ones below.
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.254
If you don't know the password, try different default ones including password, administrator, admin, and nimda (admin in reverse). Or you can look in the manual that came with your router.
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#1 Open the "Run" program.
#2 Type in "CMD"
#3 Type in "IPCONFIG" this will give you information about your network.
#4 Look at the default gateway and stream to the right. You should see your router's IP address. If you don't see anything make sure you are connected to your wireless network.
#5 Open your internet browser it doesn't matter which you use. Type in your router's IP address on your IP address bar above.
#6 Usually it will prompt for a password. Enter the password and secure your stuff!
To secure a wireless network you must first access your router's configuration page, usually at the web address 192.168.1.1. After that you look for "Wireless Security" and add wireless security as a WPA or WEP or whatever else your router supports. Then on your computers that connect wirelessly, add the password you made to connect.
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Disadvantage of using wireless network?
# Harder to secure.
How can you recognize an unsecured wireless network?
If you go on a wireless network that isn't secure it doesn't require a password to get on. Starbucks is a perfect example of a unsecured wireless network.
How do you connect your laptop to a wireless network that your computer is using?
Right click on the wireless adapter choose "View available wireless networks". After that just double click on the network which you want to connect to. If you want to connect to a secure network you have to know the security key which you have to enter before you will be able to use the secure wireless network.
Where can one find information on how to secure one's wireless network?
Information on how to secure a wireless network can be found online on various sites including Microsoft, Lenovo and GeekSquad. Other sites providing this information are Kaspersky Lab, HowStuffWorks and WikiHow.
I connect to a free unsecure wireless network connection from my house. Can people in the network read and copy my personal files If one of the computers hooked to it gets a virus, will I too?
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What is the least secure and if possible should NOT be used on a network?
Unsecured wireless network without MAC filter.
Where on the computer do you find out why you have this message Your computer is connected to a network that is not trusted?
If you have wireless, that is not secure.
Is there a way to create a secure wireless network within your apartment using the free wireless internet as the access point?
Nope!
How do you make a Wireless network secure?
By encrypting the information between a computer and the wireless access point. Several methods are available of which WPA and WPA2 are now the most common
Where can you find instructions to setup a secure wireless network using a MAC address filter?
A person may find instructions on how to setup a secure wireless network using a MAC address filter online. Some websites that offer these instructions include About and Instructables.
Why wont your 802.11g LAN work with a secured wireless network?
What do you mean working with each other? 802.11g is the wireless protocol, which you can secure with WAP or WEP encryption and it would be called a secured wireless network. Also, it would be called a WLAN for wireless local area network. They're the same thing.
What is a wap profile?
A Wireless Area Network profile tells other computers and peripherals what hardware you are, what your network address is and how secure you want your connection is.
