12-10-2006, 02:24 AM
Right now I have this D-Link wireless router. I have the wireless capability disabled because the two computers connected to it are side by side and are physically plugged into it. I know nothing of wireless security other than that I should be concerned about it if I have a wireless network, so I just took the easy way out and turned it off.
Now I'm in a situation where I have a third device I'd like to connect to my router, but it must be a wireless connection (I managed to get a Wii). Both my router and the Wii support WEP and WPA security (whatever they are), and I hear that I should turn both on. The problem is that I know jack crap about what any of this stuff means. I don't want to enable the wireless signal on my router without being pretty confident that I can secure it.
Can someone walk me through basic wireless internet security, including things like what WEP, WPA, and MAC filtering mean and how I can lock down my network? Please to be using simple terms that a wireless idiot can understand.
Now I'm in a situation where I have a third device I'd like to connect to my router, but it must be a wireless connection (I managed to get a Wii). Both my router and the Wii support WEP and WPA security (whatever they are), and I hear that I should turn both on. The problem is that I know jack crap about what any of this stuff means. I don't want to enable the wireless signal on my router without being pretty confident that I can secure it.
Can someone walk me through basic wireless internet security, including things like what WEP, WPA, and MAC filtering mean and how I can lock down my network? Please to be using simple terms that a wireless idiot can understand.