I can only speak to the fact that all we have ever owned here were Linksys routers. My understanding is that so long as the interface is in a web format they are normally accessible. There might only be some differences in naming conventions and the like. The router I am using right now really offers some serious options for gaming and so forth which obviously I do not care about. Also there are settings in there that to be honest I have no idea at all what they are meant to do. I made sure I understood what ever it was I was changing before doing it so as to avoid any unpleasant after effects. It is my experience that the places most of us would ever need to enter are fairly easy to figure out. David Ferrin [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip
David, Is it difficult to set one of hese up myself? Which one would you recommend? Kathy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip 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/ 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/
