Wireless network security

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:08

hi guys looking for a freeware or shareware proggy to protect my wireless network. it needs to how the ablilty to prevent others using the network e.g passers by or would be hackers etc.

OllyM · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:16

A program?

What equipment are you using?

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:23

2 pc's with belkin wireless usb sticks, a pc that is wired to router and a lappy with built in wifi...im struggling to get windows to apply a password and encrypt the data over the network, so i was going to use a 3rd party program instead

hp7909 · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:23

david.n.c said:
hi guys looking for a freeware or shareware proggy to protect my wireless network. it needs to how the ablilty to prevent others using the network e.g passers by or would be hackers etc.

Your Wireless router should have WEP, WPA and or WPA2 which are the mainly used protection.

If you mean to stop just anyone accessing your PC/s, any good software firewall (even ZoneAlarm Free - http://www.filehippo.com/) should suffice :cool:

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:26

i know and i has these options but i can adjust individual pc's settings to those i want e.g use WPA etc but the router doesnt like it because once those settings are applied the pc's cannot get a connection.

i have zonealarm but not the pro suite version with wi-fi defence. im actually looking at a proggy called Wi-Fi Defence. heard of it??

tolien · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:37

david.n.c said:
i know and i has these options but i can adjust individual pc's settings to those i want e.g use WPA etc but the router doesnt like it because once those settings are applied the pc's cannot get a connection.

You'd need to use the same settings on all the machines...

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:38

so if i go change the settings on all the machines now....apply then restart..everything should be hunky dory??

tolien · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:39

And the router.

hp7909 · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:42

I'm trying to understand your setup :confused:

You see on mine, 3 PCs: 1 wired (Ethernet), other 2 connected wirelessly to the wireless router. The router handles all the traffic, i.e. internet & file sharing. I think this is called Infrastructure mode :rolleyes:

So if I enable WEP/etc on the router, in each machine (except the wired one) I have to provide the key in Windows when connecting.

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 18:05

hp7909 said:
I'm trying to understand your setup You see on mine, 3 PCs: 1 wired (Ethernet), other 2 connected wirelessly to the wireless router. The router handles all the traffic, i.e. internet & file sharing. I think this is called Infrastructure mode So if I enable WEP/etc on the router, in each machine (except the wired one) I have to provide the key in Windows when connecting.

see mine is very similar, except 3 pcs on wireless. this is really confusing as the majority of options are either greyed out or when i change them none of the pc's can connect. i will try looking for a 3rd party proggy, or try and create a new network

tolien · 12 Jun 2006 at 18:09

If you don't have a router, you'll need some app that'll turn one of the machines into a wireless access point.

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 18:10

downloading the new zonelabs security suite now guys...thanks for the input i really appreciate it

daveydave · 12 Jun 2006 at 18:10

tolien said:
If you don't have a router, you'll need some app that'll turn one of the machines into a wireless access point.

i do have a router