Making a Wireless LAN safe

[cebwj]

A Wireless LAN is in place, Is there any good freeware without ANY commercial, that might help you config the network to a more secure state of being?
It is set up as basic as possible now, and there is no security on it, ANYONE can access it, also War-Drivers, and that is B-A-D!!!
I don't need anything fancy.
Does Windows XP have any security for wireless LAN?

 

[Geoff]

pretty much all wireless routers come with security features built in, such as WEP.

 

[celsdogg]

search this thread for wep and wpa encryption. its been posted on quite frequently.

 

[TheFnpope06]

you can config ur router settings by typing the default gateway address into the address bar on your browser

 

[Geoff]

You can also have MAC address filtering, which only allows people to access your conection if there MAC address is entered into your router. You can also turn "broadcast SSID" off, this way you need to type in the routers name to get access to it.

 

[apj101]

and turning off dchp, and limiting your ip address pool to just the number of devices you're are using will all help

 

[MiniRatFck]

not all routers can be configured by using the default gateway as a URL....i know linksys does i dunno about others, but you should filter your MAC Address list so your neighbor isnt stealing your connection