Use 128 bit security. If you are really paranoid, change the password once in a while. Without security setup on WiFi, anyone can link in and then spend all day hacking into your firewalls.
I let a friend of mine put a wireless access point in my house so he could get internet across the street from me. He's an IT guy, so I assumed he'd set security. Nope, he was thinking the MS way, security through obscurity, figuring no one would randomly come across the signal and use it. Of course, we have a few apartments within a block... within a week, my cable modem connection was bogging down. Yep, we have a few people using my connection via his access point. Set 128 bit security and a password, and not had a problem since. I'm not an IT guy, but I think it helps if you also set a user and password login on your computer. And set password access only to your hard drive and printer shares. And don't use your name! I worked for a realtor for a couple of years, she accepted their default user name (they usually gave her a wierd string of numbers) but used her name as the password for everything! Steve Greenfield --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Brandon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is wireless internet safe ?? I've heard story about people hacking > into others computers and using there internet without them > knowing . They even have a firewall and virus scan going . I was > wantting to know what other people thought about the secrity of the > wireless internet .(802.11b and 802.11G) I fell its not safe as it > should be yet . bussiness are still useing the wire methhod . > > -BG ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/5AhqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ******* Wireless LAN Weblog - WLAN Forum http://www.wireless--lan.com/ Wireless LAN Search http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6750665 Wireless LAN Jobs - WLAN Jobs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wlanjobs/ http://www.azhttp.com/ <a href="http://www.azhttp.com/";> Arizona High Tech Talent Partnership</a> http://www.science-fairs.com/ <a href="http://www.science-fairs.com/";> Science Fairs</a> If you got this from someone else you can join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
