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Look in your router for the encryption type, if you're not already.
Strong enough.Even though there is a dropdown window for choosing the encryption method, the only option that it contains is TKIP + AES. How strong is that?
Look in your router for the encryption type, if you're not already.
Strong enough.Even though there is a dropdown window for choosing the encryption method, the only option that it contains is TKIP + AES. How strong is that?
No. I'm open to all ideas, but I will have to consider if I can apply them to my situation. I don't have anything that needs to access the network, except two computers, and the router is set to identify them via their MACs. I think that would be equal to their IPs. However, in my first configuration attempt, I did enable DHCP, and it lists IP and MAC for both computers. Perhaps I should disable DHCP...I'm not sure.
Just as I moved away from this thread, this link came up on Twitter by @MSWindows: Selecting a wireless router or another wireless network device. It seems appropriate to backtrack and add it to the mix here as it may be helpful to someone else looking at wireless.
Curiously, your first link seems to discount the benefit of most settings, other than encryption method. Perhaps I'm making this harder than need be...don't know.
This idea throws me somewhat, because I wanted to be able to access any file from either computer. Unless I misunderstand, sharing with the "public" includes other computers on the network...yes/no? I was hoping that within my network access would be simple, but with a hard shell to outside access.In Network and Sharing, limit any files being shared to public and require a password for access.
Watch this in this context - really funny:
What a ditzy chick. That kind of made my day.
It appears that Back Track is simply a distro of Linux, which may be quite good...I don't know. However, my concern is WIFI security in general, regardless of the OS being used. So this is something that I will bookmark for future use, but it doesn't seem to fit what I'm looking for now.