Quote: Originally Posted by homerQuote: Originally Posted by IsengardDo you see a place where you can enter MAC address in the router config? If so, enable this feature, you enter the MAC address of the network cards you want to be able to access the net, any other card won't be able to use your network.
I agree with Isengard. This is what I have done. Only the MAC addresses of my computers can access the network. Also you can turn off DHCP and assign IP address to your computers manually. Then you can tell the router to only assign say 3 IP address if you have 3 computers. Anyone that tries to access your network will not have an IP address assigned by DHCP.
I have played around with the built in encryption also but I have never had any great success with it. I find it really buggy so I leave it turned off.
I think you're a little off on one point. In the second paragraph you state (quite correctly) that it's a good idea to assign static IPs to your boxes and then shut of DHCP. So far so good.
You then go on to say to set your router to assign only 3 IP addresses. If I understand what you're trying to say correctly (and it's quite possible that I'm missing the point), then your router would be unable to assign any IPs because you've turned off DHCP. Which is good....you don't want it to assign any IPs, I just found that part confusing.
As far as encryption goes (WEP), I"ve been running a wireless router for over a year in my house and have exercised all three options: Allowed MAC addresses, static IPs and WEP and haven't had any problems at all. I find WEP to be quite stable.
S'my 2 cents worth
