PWing my router

[wanlail]

At the request of my neighbor, I was asked to block off my wireless as his ex wife and his children are leeching and doing some unsavory things... I have a Linksys Wireless - G router. My question is, do i need the original discs to reset the properties, ect or is there a way w/o doing that. My last router (belkins?) auto popped up this option the first time i plugged it in. Any help is apperciated.

 

[AVB]

You should be able to get to the router by typing in the IP addy in your browser. http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

 

[rudou]

At the request of my neighbor, I was asked to block off my wireless as his ex wife and his children are leeching and doing some unsavory things... I have a Linksys Wireless - G router. My question is, do i need the original discs to reset the properties, ect or is there a way w/o doing that. My last router (belkins?) auto popped up this option the first time i plugged it in. Any help is apperciated.

An easier route might be to
1. Add a password
2. Enable MAC address filtering for only those in your household
3. Disable Broadcasting your SSID

Those are your basic items to secure your wireless LAN

 

[wanlail]

i just figured it all out and its now fixed! I didn't realize that none of our computers are using wireless anymore and that the ones showing up on my MAC list were my neighbors.

 

[Josh]

Might as well turn it off at that point. WEP is too easily broken nowadays, WPA is quickly becoming the new standard for wireless security.