John Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Oct 30 20:52:16 CST 2003
Hmmm... is that all that is required? I set the router to only accept the mac address of my laptop. Does that mean that NO other traffic is visible to the outside world? I'm really more worried about clear transmission of data than anything. Being ignorant of how it all works, what I don't want is to have all the data going back and forth across my network being transmitted out into the ether for anyone with the right gear to look at. Not that I'm any big fish, and not that it is even remotely likely, but paranoia is the better part of valor (or some such). John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:36 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Wireless network (sort of) So you think some hacker's gpnna go through all that hassle like you did just to get into your network? They don't have time for that ! <BIG GRIN> Have a look at; http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101191.asp You want to set it to only allow your wireless device to connect. Not sure how you do that on your router. See Item #2 under Basic Security Practices in the linked page. Gary Kjos garykjos at hotmail.com >From: "John Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> >Reply-To: Discussion of Hardware and Software >issues<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >To: "Database Advisors Inc. \(Tech\)" <Dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com>, >"AccessD" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Wireless network (sort of) >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:39:45 -0500 > >I ordered a Netgear MR814v2 Wireless router a couple of weeks ago. I >needed >to expand my 4 port router (I had 5 things I kept needing to plug in) and >the Netgear was on sale at www.Newegg.com at the time. I then tried and >failed to install a linksys WPC11v2.5 I had laying around, so I ordered a >dlink dwl-650 that was on sale (rebate) at www.newegg.com. Long story >short, it didn't work. Long story a little longer, a very long call to >dlink tech support, did not solve the problem. > >Or maaaaaybe it did. After failing to figure anything out, they >recommended >that I upgrade my laptop bios. It's an ancient (now) 233mhz PII Toshiba >Satellite 4000 that I bought with my first paycheck from my trip to work >for >Mr. Breen in Dublin Ireland back in hmmm..... November 1997? Getting a bit >long in the tooth, truth be told. > >The bios upgrade and also the old "turn off NAV before installing etc. And >"oh by the way, our card requires at least a 300 mhz processor. So I >uninstalled, upgraded to the latest bios (May 2000?), turned off NAV, >reinstalled the drivers and re-installed the card. Still no joy. The site >survey showed no transmitters, and dlink tech support assured me that if >there was a transmitter I would see it regardless. > >Ignorant liars! > >Went back in and reconfigured the card in the laptop for channel 11 (it >defaulted to 3 and the router was on 11), played around with a couple of >other things and boom, I see a transmitter. Went in to the router config >page and changed the SSID and sure enough the thing I'm seeing on the >laptop >changes to match! Still no connection though. > >Rebooted, played around some more and suddenly (no clear idea why) I have a >wireless connection, can browse my network and see the web. Yeaaaaa. > >Moral of the story, tech support generally sucks, play around, don't quit, >and eventually the gods will reward you. Or not. > >Now, I need to know what to do to tighten this thing up so that others >can't >see my network. I'm a bit afraid to touch anything since I don't really >know what I did to finally get it running. > >Can anyone walk me through tightening this up? > >John W. Colby >www.colbyconsulting.com > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _________________________________________________________________ Add MSN 8 Internet Software to your current Internet access and enjoy patented spam control and more. Get two months FREE! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/byoa _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com