I was stupid and didn't add any security to my wirless network when I set it up. I guess I thought it would be quicker. Anyways, is there a way to just add it after you have everything set up? Or do I have to reinstall everything?
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Jump to PostHello,
You want to go strict, because if you have a traditional firewall setup, that firewall is protecting you from attacks on the internet, but not inspecting anything coming through the wireless, because it is *assumed to be trusted*.
DMR is very good at what he does, and …
Jump to PostHe might even show you MAC address exclusions, but I would think that is excessive for what you want to do.
lol. Actually, being a paranoid bugger, I am going to throw MAC filtering in there!
Most of the configuration is done in the router's setup utility, so open …
Jump to PostThat's OK- the past couple of days have been crazed for me as well, which is why I haven't followed up with the rest of the info. Hopefully the weekend will allow me the spare time to do so...
Jump to PostGlad you got it figured out. :) I usually do a reboot after changing DHCP-related settings just to make sure that the changes fully take effect. Rebooting shouldn't be necessary, but I've found that sometimes the changes just don't ripple down the way they should if you don't.
I'm …
Jump to PostWhile we are waiting for spring break to be over. can one of you guys tell me if setting the number of users to the exact number of computers running on the router would be enough security if you did nothing else? Just wondering really...
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