How do I tell if my laptop is 128-bit encryption or 64-bit?
How do I know if it is WEP or WPA?
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How do I tell if my laptop is 128-bit encryption or 64-bit?
How do I know if it is WEP or WPA?
Sounds like you bought a wireless router.
Those settings have to do with how secure your data is from people accessing your computer. You should use 128 bit WPA.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080426200802AAQJqU7Quote:
when using a wireless router, there are ways to prevent other users to access it. One of these ways is WEP, or Wired Equivalence Protocol, which is extremely insecure. You should try to find an option for WPA, which is a much better encryption method. To get it to work, select whichever method, WEP or WPA, and type in a pass-code that you will use to access your router. If your are going to use WEP, then the difference between 64 and 128 bit is the number of characters your passcodes have to be. But you should really go with WPA, which is a 8 to 30 key password of your choosing. Good Luck
"marstc09" wrote:
As Singer said, the laptop isn't any sort of encrypted.Quote:
How do I tell if my laptop is 128-bit encryption or 64-bit?
How do I know if it is WEP or WPA?
The encryption is in the signal coming from your wireless router.
WEP and WPA are both encryption methods for the signal.
That said - I don't use either.
The security steps I've taken for my wireless will stop 99.9999% of the people out there from accessing it - and there are far easier pickings out there for the hackers who might be trolling for signals.
1.
Change the default user and password on the router.
2.
Change the default NAME on the network - you wouldn't believe how many routers are out there that still call themselves "Linksys" or "Belkin".
3.
Modify the settings so that you are NOT broadcasting your SSID (that's the default router name).
What this does is show that there is a signal, but the name on the signal is not shown, so the only way to get on the router is to have the name in-hand.
I've had too many issues with WEP and WPA in the past so I just don't bother.
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"Zeus" wrote:
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"marstc09" wrote:
As Singer said, the laptop isn't any sort of encrypted.Quote:
How do I tell if my laptop is 128-bit encryption or 64-bit?
How do I know if it is WEP or WPA?
The encryption is in the signal coming from your wireless router.
WEP and WPA are both encryption methods for the signal.
That said - I don't use either.
The security steps I've taken for my wireless will stop 99.9999% of the people out there from accessing it - and there are far easier pickings out there for the hackers who might be trolling for signals.
1.
Change the default user and password on the router.
2.
Change the default NAME on the network - you wouldn't believe how many routers are out there that still call themselves "Linksys" or "Belkin".
3.
Modify the settings so that you are NOT broadcasting your SSID (that's the default router name).
What this does is show that there is a signal, but the name on the signal is not shown, so the only way to get on the router is to have the name in-hand.
I've had too many issues with WEP and WPA in the past so I just don't bother.
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I do the same basic thing at home.
Thanks for the info guys. I did most of this last night and I think I am ok now. The only thing I did not do is change the default user and password on the router.
I need to figure out how to do that.
"marstc09" wrote:
GENERALLY SPEAKING - there is a default IP address that can be used to access the router menu.Quote:
Thanks for the info guys. I did most of this last night and I think I am ok now. The only thing I did not do is change the default user and password on the router.
I need to figure out how to do that.
I believe for Linksys it is:
192.168.1.1.
Do you have a Linksys router?
Use this guide:
http://www.haxial.com/faq/routerconfig/linksys/
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Interesting note Zeus:
I turn on my laptop before I turn on my internet and I don't have any more problems. No more getting kicked off or problems connecting to the wireless.
"marstc09" wrote:
Why do you turn off your "internet"?Quote:
Interesting note Zeus:
I turn on my laptop before I turn on my internet and I don't have any more problems. No more getting kicked off or problems connecting to the wireless.
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"Zeus" wrote:
Good question. I don't know.Quote:
"marstc09" wrote:
Why do you turn off your "internet"?Quote:
Interesting note Zeus:
I turn on my laptop before I turn on my internet and I don't have any more problems. No more getting kicked off or problems connecting to the wireless.
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"marstc09" wrote:
If you've protected it, then you don't need to turn it off.Quote:
"Zeus" wrote:
Good question. I don't know.Quote:
"marstc09" wrote:
Why do you turn off your "internet"?Quote:
Interesting note Zeus:
I turn on my laptop before I turn on my internet and I don't have any more problems. No more getting kicked off or problems connecting to the wireless.
My router is always on.
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