Find out from them if they could change you over to WPA or WPA2 for higher security. If not maybe it would be better for you to purchase a router of your own and set it up yourselves. David Ferrin [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip
David, My internet wireless and hub is through my cable company. They are using wep, is there something else that I should do to protect things more since it is not protecting very well? Kathy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] daily tip Wireless Network Encryption Encryption is the an important feature to enable on a wireless network. When you set up a wireless network in your operating system, be sure to turn on the strongest encryption format that your router and wireless adapters all support. Currently, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) provides the best protection for consumer wireless networking products. WPA is still useful, although it's been proven vulnerable. And WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is no longer considered safe, but it's better than nothing. Choose an encryption passphrase (password) of at least eight mixed letters and numbers. If your router supports case sensitivity and special characters, add some capital letters and punctuation marks. You'll need to enter this passphrase on each PC the first time you add it to the newly encrypted network. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
