[Hudlug] wired broadband to wireless broadband

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 07 April 2007, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> If I were to purchase a Netgear or whatever make of wireless router,
> will it be simple switching my desktop from wired Broadband to wireless
> Broadband?
> Also is there a way of making these routers secure?
> I ask because I heard something on ITV News about the accessibility of
> others to someone's wireless router where they had this chap using some
> device and gaining access to people's Internet connection.
>
Remember that most of the security problems people have is because they simply 
don't think about security.

Netgear - I have one of their routers.  It has an absolutely excellent 
browser-based interface.  I have it set up with WPA-PSK - which simply means 
that you give the router a passphrase, and your computer has to know that 
passphrase or you can't access the wifi.  It's really easy.  HTH

Anne


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