Help me secure my wireless network

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I need a good, step by step to really securing my wireless network.

Oh yeah, if I see someone connected to our network is there anything I can do to them?

 

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WEP or WPA?

 

[NickyE3]

I am using psk2 perosnal
WEP is good - converts your password through a max of 128bit encryption key, which is represented by a hexadecimal key
WAP - is better than WEP, but I haven't had much experience with it and my router doesnt list that as a security option

what kind of router do you have?

 

[NickyE3]

Oh yeah, if I see someone connected to our network is there anything I can do to them?

you can only allow certain MAC addresses to access
How many different computers will you be running of your router?

 

[NickyE3]

LOL
just PM all the details on your network and Ill try to walk you through it

 

[test boy ii]

You used secure and wireless in the same sentence?

How can I secure my screen windows and doors?

 

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nick,

i set up wpa, but now my torrents are worth shit and uPnP doesn't work anymore.

i know i need to setup port forwarding, but everytime i do, it goes from bad to worse. wtf?!

 

[NickyE3]

nick,

i set up wpa, but now my torrents are worth shit and uPnP doesn't work anymore.

i know i need to setup port forwarding, but everytime i do, it goes from bad to worse. wtf?!

what kind of router do you have?

 

[wootoom]

dont do that i need a signal bro

 

[NickyE3]

dont do that i need a signal bro

LOL

I love it when people dont secure their wireless networks.
If I didnt have shared files on all my machines within my network and if i didnt download very much i would leave my network unsecured.

 

[NickyE3]

If you are running DHCP you limit the address pool to the number of machines you have - it is kind of a half ass way

Example:
you have 2 machines (one laptop and one desktop)
enable dhcp to 3 addresses (one address for each machine and one for the router) this limits addresses from being assigned to connected computers (rogue comps cant connect unless you have a machine that is shut off)

you can always disable the SSID broadcast (your network's name) so they wont turn up on another wireless machine

As for the torrent files, I would check to make sure the router isnt blocking the ports that the torrent program is using - should be able to look under the "preferences or config" setting on your torrent application

For the UPnP devices, assuming they are Plug n' Play, what are your trying to use? My router has a setting that i can disable or enable UPnP devices