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alanf617 · 14-12-2004, 01:03

I have a network at home that is based on D Link kit:
a 802.11b router,
a 22 Mb PCI card in a PC running XP Home
a 22 MB PCI card in a PC running Windows 98SE
a 22 Mb card that slots into a laptop running XP Home
a 54 Mb PCI card in a PC running XP Home (802.11g)
All secured by a 64 bit WEP number ( 10 digits). The software on some machines won't let me increase the number of bits to 128 or 256.

I believe WEP is fairly easily hacked. How can I make this network more secure? I can't see how to stop broadcasting the SSID in the router software, and when I tried, I couldn't get online again for a while. Would cloning work and if so, how do I do it? I'm confused.

TIA

14-12-2004, 01:03	#1
alanf617 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sunny Hertfordshire Posts: 187	D Link Network I have a network at home that is based on D Link kit: a 802.11b router, a 22 Mb PCI card in a PC running XP Home a 22 MB PCI card in a PC running Windows 98SE a 22 Mb card that slots into a laptop running XP Home a 54 Mb PCI card in a PC running XP Home (802.11g) All secured by a 64 bit WEP number ( 10 digits). The software on some machines won't let me increase the number of bits to 128 or 256. I believe WEP is fairly easily hacked. How can I make this network more secure? I can't see how to stop broadcasting the SSID in the router software, and when I tried, I couldn't get online again for a while. Would cloning work and if so, how do I do it? I'm confused. TIA