MichaelG Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Evening all My uncle has asked me to secure his wireless router for him this weekend, as its currently open for anyone to access in the close proximity. I have a D-Link one myself, and know how to do this, but cant for the life of me remember what to do, especially with a BELKIN one Does anyone know the basic steps i need to do on the \ a Belkin to security enable the connection ? i.e. Password protect it so nobody else in the street can latch onto his internet connection ? Much appreciated Cheers Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just lock it down by MAC Address, then only the machines/devices you specify will be able to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Best thing to do is post the model number or search the Belkin site for a PDF manual then follow the advice here which is sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just lock it down by MAC Address, then only the machines/devices you specify will be able to use it Easily spoofed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Wep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Wep? Crackable, not as wecure as WPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Easily spoofed. Care to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Care to explain. You can sniff packets and obtain the MAC addresses on a network then apply that MAC address to your own network adapter (or virtual adapter). Techniques commonly available to discover on the net. Here's a description I found from typing "MAC spoof" into google very quickly just now. http://www.rootsecure.net/content/downloads/pdf/wlan_macspooof_detection.pdf Admitedly you'd have to be pretty knowledgable to do this, or even want to bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Interesting stuff, although I think his uncle will be fine. Looks like the link you provided with the instructions sounds the best plan anyhoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 For a home PC I'd say MAC lockdown as enough. We're not talking a business network here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just use WPA like Pete says. Why piss around with MAC filter tables and adresses that you have to modify and track down everytime a friend comes around and wants to use the wireless? Why do that which is (significantly) less secure, when the best way is also the easiest? WPA-PSK for sure. No silly retraints on length of passphrase, and no messing around with ASCII to HEX convertors (because the passphrase generators in the routers don't do what the user expects..). Just make sure you either have SP2 installed on XP machines, or use the card's provided wireless utility to make the connection if you're on an operating system that doesn't support WPA natively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 in fact, MAC filtering offers ZERO security, only (poor) access control. There's no encryption of the traffic which is flying around through the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benbigdude Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Did you sort it out - The company I work for provides Support on behalf of Belkin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Four steps to wireless security: 1: Do not broadcast your SSID 2: Use MAC access control 3: Use encryption (WEP acceptable, WPA-PKA/TKI prefered) with a strong encryption key (don't use your name) 4: Firewall your laptop. Some basestations allow you to manually register permitted devices, which will prevent access by any low-tech war-drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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