preventing my hotspot!

I have a Linksys befw11s4 wireless router connected directly to my main
pc.The router connects to the cable coming into the house.
My daughter has a pc in the basement with a wireless card.I also have a
laptop with a wireless connection.
I would like to block the wireless signal from leaving this house,but am
unsure how to do it.I see connections that are around the neighborhood but
they are blocked.That is what I want to do.I know how to access the router
ip(192.168.1.1)but am unsure what to do when I get there.I can put a
password there but how would my other pcs get the signal?What would I need
to do to get that set up?How would the other pc's get to that password
dialog box?
thx in advance.

"slider" <daroy@eastlink.ca> hath wroth:

>I have a Linksys befw11s4 wireless router connected directly to my main
>pc.The router connects to the cable coming into the house.
>My daughter has a pc in the basement with a wireless card.I also have a
>laptop with a wireless connection.
>I would like to block the wireless signal from leaving this house,but am
>unsure how to do it.I see connections that are around the neighborhood but
>they are blocked.That is what I want to do.I know how to access the router
>ip(192.168.1.1)but am unsure what to do when I get there.I can put a
>password there but how would my other pcs get the signal?What would I need
>to do to get that set up?How would the other pc's get to that password
>dialog box?
>thx in advance.

You need to enable encryption. Later versions of the firmware support
WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK which are recomended encryption methods. Early
versions only support WEP, which it terribly insecure. If only WEP is
available, look on the serial number of your BEFW11S4 and extract the
hardware version number. Then, download the latest firmware from the
Linksys web pile.

If you can't find the settings, it's on this page:
<http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/BEFW11S4/v4/1.52.02/WPA.htm>
However, I'm guessing on the hardware and firmware versions.


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Thx for the info.How then would I access the internet through other pc's in
my house.Is there a password box that I would need to bring up then log into
or something?

thx again
"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in message
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> "slider" <daroy@eastlink.ca> hath wroth:
>
>>I have a Linksys befw11s4 wireless router connected directly to my main
>>pc.The router connects to the cable coming into the house.
>>My daughter has a pc in the basement with a wireless card.I also have a
>>laptop with a wireless connection.
>>I would like to block the wireless signal from leaving this house,but am
>>unsure how to do it.I see connections that are around the neighborhood but
>>they are blocked.That is what I want to do.I know how to access the router
>>ip(192.168.1.1)but am unsure what to do when I get there.I can put a
>>password there but how would my other pcs get the signal?What would I need
>>to do to get that set up?How would the other pc's get to that password
>>dialog box?
>>thx in advance.
>
> You need to enable encryption. Later versions of the firmware support
> WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK which are recomended encryption methods. Early
> versions only support WEP, which it terribly insecure. If only WEP is
> available, look on the serial number of your BEFW11S4 and extract the
> hardware version number. Then, download the latest firmware from the
> Linksys web pile.
>
> If you can't find the settings, it's on this page:
> <http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/BEFW11S4/v4/1.52.02/WPA.htm>
> However, I'm guessing on the hardware and firmware versions.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

"Slider" <daroy@(removethis)eastlink.ca> hath wroth:

>Thx for the info.How then would I access the internet through other pc's in
>my house.Is there a password box that I would need to bring up then log into
>or something?

The PC's that are connected via CAT5 cable are unaffected. No
password required or desired. However, the wireless computers will
all ask for a WPA key on initial sign on. The key is saved so you
don't have to type it in every time. The WPA pass phrase should be
fairly long (20 chars) so you may need to be either careful with your
typing or use cut-n-paste from a file on a floppy or USB memory thing.

Where things always screwup is if you change the WPA key in the
router. Windoze isn't terribly smart about the change and will try to
login using the old pass phrase. The login will fail but Windoze will
not bring up the password box again. You'll have to delete the SSID
of your router in the wireless config, scan for new networks, and try
to connect again.

Also, if you're using a vendor supplied wireless client manager, the
connection instructions are somewhat different. See the vendor docs
for how it's done.

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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

"slider" <daroy@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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> I have a Linksys befw11s4 wireless router connected directly to my main
> pc.The router connects to the cable coming into the house.
> My daughter has a pc in the basement with a wireless card.I also have a
> laptop with a wireless connection.
> I would like to block the wireless signal from leaving this house,but am
> unsure how to do it.I see connections that are around the neighborhood but
> they are blocked.That is what I want to do.I know how to access the router
> ip(192.168.1.1)but am unsure what to do when I get there.I can put a
> password there but how would my other pcs get the signal?What would I need
> to do to get that set up?How would the other pc's get to that password
> dialog box?
> thx in advance.
>
As some suggestions -

#1 - change the SSID from Linksys to something else - so you know it's yours
#2 - add a password to the "admin" of the router - it's just for admin'ing the
router
#3 - as Jeff mentioned - turn on the encryption inside the router for wireless
access

Any of your own "wireless" computers
will have to add/define the encryption info for your WiFi network.
All other "outside" wireless computers won't know the encryption info
and therefore will not be able to connect to your WiFi - even if they can see
it -