So can i like add a wep key to it? HOW? and may i send that wep key to all the rooms in my motel so only my customer can access the internet? is that possible.. BEST ANSWER 10 PONITS!!!!!
2006-09-16 20:33:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
can i type in or have my own wepkey
2006-09-16 20:41:24 · update #1
It depends on your wireless router. The manual should tell you how to do it. And yes, you'll have to give the password to your customers for them to access the internet.
2006-09-16 20:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by papyrus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no way to do this, unless you have some sort of shielding/frequency jamming built all around your building, which is kind of crazy and expensive.
You did not tell what type of router you are using so I can't tell you how to change your WEP key, but it should be in your instruction manual. Usually the way to do it is to type in the address of the router into internet explorer. It could be something like http://192.0.0.1. Also, change the password on your router so no one else can get in and change the WEP key themselves.
Follow your instruction manual, it should all be in there including the address and password. If you can't find your manual, go to the company website, it should be there.
What I would consider doing:
Once a week (or once a month), change the WEP key. Pick the least busiest day of the week to change it. Then you have to notify your customers what the key is. If you have a television in each room, you can use one of the channels as a motel welcome page that also includes this key.
You could also set up wired connections instead, but of course that doesn't stop someone from bringing their own wireless router and giving everyone access to it.
PS. I should also point out that WPA is much better than simple WEP. WEP is very easy to crack.
2006-09-17 03:47:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the wireless coffee cafe and college campus do that I used before is not setting up WEP nor WPA but putting Radius gateway (is that the right name?) Radius is a generic tool of filtering authenticated traffic and unauthorized use of network link in either wired or wireless, I skipped an article about it in Linux Magazine so I don''t know the details.
What's happening is that IP is still going to a new node in the wireless setup; but it is directed to forward all new traffic to a server in this establishment to authenticate by way of ID and passcode. If the new node is authenticated, some work behind the scene to allow traffic from this machine to the rest of network service go unimpeded.
The college I went to unnecessarily added WEP ontop. But it is unrelated functionality.
2006-09-17 05:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all you have to disable your SSID.
Secondly you can create your own WEP or WPA key
whenver your guest requests for internet access, give him that key.
make sure you change the keys every week or so.
cheers !!!!
2006-09-17 03:45:46 · answer #4 · answered by Seven double O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can secure your wireless connection with a password;
you can change the password every day, so that only customer
get access to the Internet.
2006-09-17 03:47:36 · answer #5 · answered by Teal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way to absolutely keep unauthorized users out is to require guests to provide you with their MAC addresses, filtering by only permitting the MAC address of each guest is a hardware filter ... be sure to remove their MAC address from the access list when they check out. ...
2006-09-17 06:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by casurfwatcher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then make to wireless conection secure..
2006-09-17 03:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by martinsbits2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋