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Old 08-16-2002, 03:19 AM
iPaqDude
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 137

A couple of suggestions to keep your wireless secure once you get your system up and going.

Jason mentioned the SSID - do not leave it on the default. Change it to something unique.

If your AP has the option to turn off SSID broadcasting - do it.

If your card and AP support WEP, then by all means use it. I use 128 bit. And I periodically change the WEP key.

One other item - if you can do MAC address filtering, I would set that up as well. One more level that requires some real work to get through.

The above items don't stop the really determined competent drive-by hacker from getting into your system, but it will at least slow them down, and it will keep the so-so technie weenie hacker outs.
 
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