Internet Questions Coming From a Noob.

[Galloways]

Okay, so bear with me here. Right now, my family has it set up to where when we get onto the internet, we sign onto 2WIRE903. This is our family's network at the moment. We just moved recently, and before we moved, we were able to sign onto 2WIRE or NETGEAR. We got to choose. But now my dad doesn't want to leave NETGEAR up since we actually have people living around us now, and they'll get onto our internet if we leave it up.

How can I make you need to enter a password when trying to connect to NETGEAR?

[protput]

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/orga...id=FTZH1VR4Veq

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA or WPA2), which can help protect your wireless network. It’s important to help secure your wireless network by setting up a network security key, which turns on encryption. With encryption, people can't connect to your network without the security key, and all information sent across your network is encrypted so that only computers with the key to decrypt the information can read it. This can help prevent attempts to access your network and files without your permission. Wi Fi Protected Access (WPA or WPA2) is the recommended wireless network encryption method. Wireless encryption (WEP) is not as secure. Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, and Windows XP Service Pack 3 support WPA2.

You can also use the MAC filter, to only allow the devices inside your home to get access to your network. Other devices will not get in. You can add them in your router menu. This can be accessed by typing http://192.168.0.1 in the address bar of firefox/chrome/ie.

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quic...imacfilter.htm

[Galloways]

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/orga...id=FTZH1VR4Veq



You can also use the MAC filter, to only allow the devices inside your home to get access to your network. Other devices will not get in. You can add them in your router menu. This can be accessed by typing http://192.168.0.1 in the address bar of firefox/chrome/ie.

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quic...imacfilter.htm

Thank you very much! I'll get started on it now.

[protput]

Thank you very much! I'll get started on it now.

Np! Good luck

[Galloways]

Lol, well. I was able to set up the router and everything. It even has its own password now. And I first got on it with my laptop as I was sitting next to the router to set it up. Then I moved into the living room, and it gave me limited internet access (so no access at all.) So I tried disconnecting and connecting again, but nothing helps.

Any more advice? :P This router is getting on my nerves.

[Mashpotaters]

If you can connect to it in the same room, but can't when you move to the living room that's just bad signal reception. Ideally, you want the router in a central location so that it can reach all areas of your home better. If you have all your neighbors with WiFi set up too you might have to change channels to get better reception. Just Google boost wifi signal, or something like that. That should help you more than I can.