wirless router unprotected

[Box Office]

ive just gotten the net in my new ken, and it lets me connect to the router without a wirless key... how to i put it on and make it so u need a password or key to get into it dnt want half the neighbour hood leaching off me net

[Box Office]

any1 need this asap if any1 can help the wire ive got from the modem is propa short have to sit on floor to use net..

[Deejayy]

dont bother with wep keys

just login to your router: http://192.168.1.1 (or something similar)

look for the option called SSID Broadcast and untick it,

this stops your signal from being publically broadcast so when people search they wont be able to find your signal, the only way people can connect (including yourself) is if they know the name of your SSID, there should be an option somewhere to set this aswell... then go you into the wireless settings on your PC and enter the network name manually.. it should then pick it up.

[Box Office]

just done that there forcer and it allowed me to put a wep on i have now got wep and connected to the router and it says on my computer its connected etc saved the network.. but it wont let me on any sites or msn just says about the DNS and firewall and proxy settings any idea?

[Deejayy]

just done that there forcer and it allowed me to put a wep on i have now got wep and connected to the router and it says on my computer its connected etc saved the network.. but it wont let me on any sites or msn just says about the DNS and firewall and proxy settings any idea?

the WEP key is probs wrong ? i dont know much about them to be honest as ive always stuck with SSID protection, its just as secure and no fucking around with keys.

[Box Office]

na the key is deffo right it gave me a choice of which keys i cud use n i choose one n rite it down, it says the router and computer are connected but the router isnt connected to the internet.. this might be becos, from the virgin media modem i havem theres a ethernet ending so i have a ethernet end coming from that into one of the 4 ethernet slots on the router but to the right theres a phone wire type slot.. i used to use bt with the router so it went in fine the ethernet is to big so maybe the net isnt working because i have the ethernet in the rong hole, can you get a type of cable which is one end ethernet size head and one end phoneline, because i rekn ths the main reasdon it aint workn cos ive got the ethernet connectin to a port thats set as a output on the router?

[X!!Ashleigh!!X]

dillon u can get a wire, ther anly bout a tenner

[Box Office]

ashley is one end a phone wire end?, and the other a ethernet?

[Box Office]

so any1 no if i could get a wire that would go in the small socket on there on the left the black.... wth a end that wud fit into one of them 4 togetherhttp://www.netgear.com/upload/product/dg834g/enus_diagram_dg834g.jpg

its not so i can connect the router to the router am not that daft.. its so i can connect the ethernet based modem into the netgear router only way i can do tht is if one end of the wire is ethernet n ones fone like like the little black one on the back of the router