Thanks to everyone for the good tips. It's sobering to see what<br>
replacing a few tens of feet of wire can get one in to. And I've had<br>
very good luck with Linksys products for five or more years now,<br>
but documentation is definately not one of its strong points.....<br>
<br>
<br>
BTW, there is a small version of Linux in that Linksys Wireless-G<br>
box. On G4's "Call for Help," or one of the sisters programs, there<br>
was a segment a couple of years ago about how to get in and actually<br>
program the thing.<br>
<br>
<br>
But until I even get a wireless link set up I think I'll just relegate that<br>
piece of information to a factoid that others might find of interest. It<br>
requires the need to be able to manipulate firmware with confidence,<br>
and I suspect the opportunity to fry the box for all practical purposes<br>
is ever lurking.<br>
<br>
<br>
-Bob<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Nicholas</b> <<a href="mailto:nicholas@iserv.net">nicholas@iserv.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Next is putting in a WEP key. Again, the drawback is that devices won't<br>auto-config and you have to manually set up any device you want talking<br>to your wireless network. A WEP key encrypts the communication data.<br>
[MN] Typically a choice of 64-bit or 128-bit - keys can be generated with<br>passphrases if desired.<br><br>In my case, I turned off SSID broadcast and then built up a small<br>process that asks the router to list all the devices that have made DHCP
<br>requests lately. The process then checks that list against known MAC<br>addresses and if it finds one without a match, it tells me. I can then<br>go into the router and tell the router to stop talking to that MAC<br>
(effectively blocking that computer from my network).<br>[MN] aka MAC filtering - good for small networks; a pain for large ones.<br><br>--<br>Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org<br> Homepage: <a href="http://7lauzon.home.comcast.net/">
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