[24hoursupport] Re: Will firewall be sufficient if WEP is disabled?
- From: Lene <lpagsugu@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:00:20 -0700 (PDT)
Fuzzy and Spider, thank you for your responses.
Here are the steps I take when I set up WEP: On my PC, I connect to the
router's settings page and enter a passphrase for 64bit encryption. There are
4 keys listed and the first one is checked. I wrote the first key down to
compare it to the one on my laptop. On my laptop, I use Netgear's Smart
Configuration control panel to connect to the 'access point'. The SSID is the
same as the router, and the passphrase is correct. Even when I do manage to
generate an IP and/or find a signal, I cannot connect to the Internet on my web
browser. I've tried refreshing numerous times, I've restarted, I've used
internet connection wizards with no success. I feel like I'm rehashing
everything I've said earlier, but I just got frustrated so I disabled it.
Is there a step I'm missing?
I apologize if I'm unclear on things. Please let me know if you need more
information.
Spider <spider1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lene,
I also want to add that even though you may not mind someone leaching your
connection, you should keep in mind that when someone does that they are
using your ISP assigned IP address. They can do what ever they want to do
on the Internet (like hack into another computer) and you will be the one
blamed for their activity since it will be traced back to you. I think it
would be a good idea to get WEP working. Fuzzy gave you some good info
below to get that done.
Spider
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-----Original Message-----
From: 24hoursupport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:24hoursupport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fuzzy Logic
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:42 PM
To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [24hoursupport] Re: Will firewall be sufficient if WEP is disabled?
Right, and people _can_ sniff anything that goes out over the radio waves,
except obviously when you are in a secure session with a website (https).
Passphrase generation is your problem. Generate the passphrase on one system
or the other, then take the 26 digit hexadecimal number generated and use
that on the other side. The method by which the router generates the hex
value from the passphrase is almost assuredly different from the way that
windows does it.
Fuzzy
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*Lewis Cass {1782-1866 American Politician}
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Lene wrote:
> I don't mind people leeching my internet, I'm mostly concerned about
connections from users who want to do malicious damage to my files, read
passwords/keylog, or render my system useless.
>
> Okay, so can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong that I cannot connect to
the Internet on my laptop? It can find the signal, but I've tried 'detect
network settings' on IE, I've tried using the wizard to set up an internet
connection and I've restarted numerous times to try to get online. Like I
said before, I set up the passphrase on the router, entered my laptop's mac
address as a connection that is granted access, and I've set up a profile
with the passphrase/SSID on my laptop to connect.
>
> Again, Windows XP Pro on both machines, using Netgear wireless router and
laptop card (802.11g).
>
> Thank you for your help.
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