It is worth noting however that even secured wireless connections are far from secure, a trained monkey with a laptop and a copy of airsnort can access almost every wireless LAN in the world.
-- Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 November 2004 13:24 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless Networks > > > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] i have a > wireless set up at > > home for my wife mac. > > i havnt secured it and am not really sure how to do it. > > it is a d-link some thing or other. > > has a little web interface that i have a password on... > > what are the basics i need to do? > > also > > how would you make a priter sharable on a network? > > Go into the admin for the router (192.168.1.1 is the default > on my linksys) and turn WEP Encryption on. Set a passphrase > which will generate some keys. Turn SSID broadcast off. Go to > your PCs that access the network via wireless and use the > passphrase you used in the router. That's about it.. Takes > about 2 minutes to turn on and setup. Not exactly sure how > you configure the Mac... As I have never used a Mac aside > from the internet caf� in college. > > To make a printer sharable (in windows anyway) right click on > the printer, sharing... Share this printer... Ok, ok, ok, > close. Shared... Or something close to that. > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135867 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
