I have a wireless router, and am really concerned that people could be hacking into my connection. I have Norton internet security and firewall, is this enough to protect me? Is there anyway through looking at my settings can I detect other users?
2006-07-23 02:30:58 · 19 answers · asked by Emma 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
OK, you say put a password on it. I have to put in a password before I log on to the internet, like a user password. Is that what you all mean?
2006-07-23 02:40:36 · update #1
There are many different ways to check if someone has connected to your wireless network and depending on what type of wireless router you have it might even tell you who is connected on the configuration/settings page for the router.
Other ways include using a sniffer to look for other peoples web traffic/data (v complicated for an average user). Or you could perform a ping sweep of your local network using something like NMAP (again overly complicated for your average user and it may not work if the other person has a firewall).
If you are really worried about someone else accessing your network then the easiest thing to do would be to turn on encryption on your router, hide the SSID (name) of the network (again done through your router) and also to setup a mac address filtering list to only allow your computer/mac address to connect to the network.
Hope that this is comprehensible to you.
2006-07-23 02:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by malckelly 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First off...for your PCs a decent software firewall like Sygate Personal Firewall shows all connections into and out of your computer.
You should configure your wireless router and wireless clients to use at least 64bit WEP security (see your routers instructions). Also, you should be able to limit connections through your router to known MAC addresses of your wireless clients (PCs).
On your computer, if you have network connections with Client for Microsoft Networks protocol installed (yes by default) then you can see any connected network clients by right-clicking on My Computer > Manage to bring up the management console, then expand Shared Folders and view your shares and sessions. This is likely to be a step further than is really necessary but you should know how to check these things.
2006-07-23 09:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by blank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok this is a good one-first your 360 is blank
2nd some things that come into your e mail can have stuff on it so get a good security systemnorton is fine but ive logged off and its said u may hurt someones computer that is still logged on your computer lol-but it had me put my password in after that and havent had the problem since
some systems do the spyin so be carefull lol dont be paranoid though
most important dont do anything u wouldnt want Jesus or anyone else to know -cause he already knows and the other/s will find out too
but only Jesus will love u unconditionally and help me and u and everyone do even better-if we let him
2006-07-23 09:38:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to check if someone is on your wireless network is to log on the the routers admin page and check the active connections. It will tell you who is connected to your net.
The best way to prevent this is to enable WEP security on your wireless devices and use a network access key.
2006-07-23 09:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by Du 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put a key in the wireless router, and put the mac-addresses of all computers that need connection to the wireless router into the configuration of that router. It's not full-proof, but enough to keep out most leechers.
2006-07-23 09:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by pete_can_do 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Emma,
Yes there are a few things you can do to ensure you safety of your connections, for this i am going to assume that you only have one laptop in this example, it is excatly the same for adding additional computers as well.
There are a few ways of protecting your self, these features will depend on the make and model of your router but are generally always in the same area of settings.
1) Firstly ensure that if you have wpa/ or wep security options that you use them.
this works by having a key, only know by your self, in order to connnect to your netwrok, you dont have the correct key you dont get it. Also use a strong password, of more the 6 letters number or symbols as it is harder to guess.
2) Most routers also have something called MAC filtering, this MAC is a unique credential of each network card, you can also filter by each card. and depending on your router you can allow MAC addresses in a list or Dissalow certain MAC'S. i would choose only allow theses MAC's. but if you want to add additional machines to your network you will have to add these addresses to your router.
To get your mac address, if you click on start and then on run, you will get a dilogue box, type in cmd and press enter your will get a little black window, if your type in ipconfig -all and press enter
you will get some information on your screen looking similar to this
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F4-00-5E-B5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
where it says physical address this is your MAC address.
enabling these two options should solve your problems.
Allthough MAC's can be spoofed, if you only have one Mac in your allowed list, if your connected you should be ok.
as on your router there will also be an option to see who is actually connected to your router, and if your dont reconise the computer name then you know some one else is attached to you.
this is only a quick quide, if you wanna chat moe about it drop me an e-mail, let me know what router you have i should be able to offer you a more precise answer
2006-07-23 12:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off make sure your WiFi is encrypted with at LEAST 128bit wep but if you can use WPA, it is ALOT better than WEP. Wep is easily cracked. Also dont rely on MAC address filtering to block access from a wireless hacker. A MAC address can easily be spoofed. WPA is the way to go. And if you want to go all out use WPA with a RADIUS server and the chances of you being hacked drop to nearly 0.
2006-07-23 10:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by brentc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to add a password to the connection ... this way only authorized users can connect
2006-07-23 12:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by froggy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to add a password to the connection ... this way only authorized users can connect
2006-07-23 09:34:45 · answer #9 · answered by Luay14 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can check you router logs and see what activity is happening. It might be a good idea to read up on securing your wireless network. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wireless_secure.htm
2006-07-23 09:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by cybrog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋