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Posted by Tricky Dicky on 04/17/06 14:27
"AlanG" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:05:59 +0100, "Tricky Dicky"
> <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Now I know what to look for I have totally switched off the wireless
>>functionality of the router. A facility does exist to allow only certain
>>MAC
>>addresses and if I add any wireless devices then I will use this to keep
>>out
>>unwanted elements
>>
>>In regard to the comment about not knowing how to configure the hardware -
>>I
>>know now of course but as a complete newbie to wi-fi I would have liked a
>>warning at least
>>
>>Tricky
>>
> About 5 years ago I installed a wireless system in our offices. Before
> I did so I sat down for an hour and read the instructions that came
> with the boxes. IIRC there was at least a couple of pages about
> security.
There actually was not very much documentation with this Belkin router - no
doubt somewhere on the CD-ROM there is an HTML help file but nothing like
what I would call a manual just a few pages of "getting started"
Anyrate my network is now secure so all is well
Cheers to everyone even the pisstakers
Tricky
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