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Gareth · 16-06-2006, 19:38

Easiest and most effective way is to use WPA, provided your router and NIC both accept it.

Some people think that you should consider restricting access according to MAC address, and hiding your SSID (which you should always change from the default also) although both of these can be circumvented if someone really wants to access your connection. Personally, I think hiding your SSID is a bad thing, as it can prevent your neighbours who may also have a wireless AP running from being aware of yours, so you might end up both using the same channel to broadcast on, which causes problems.

16-06-2006, 19:38	#2
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 50 Posts: 7,101	Re: how do i restrict others from accessing my wireless network ? Easiest and most effective way is to use WPA, provided your router and NIC both accept it. Some people think that you should consider restricting access according to MAC address, and hiding your SSID (which you should always change from the default also) although both of these can be circumvented if someone really wants to access your connection. Personally, I think hiding your SSID is a bad thing, as it can prevent your neighbours who may also have a wireless AP running from being aware of yours, so you might end up both using the same channel to broadcast on, which causes problems.