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[OT] PC help needed -
05-10-2007
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I've just bought a (WiFi) laptop for my daughter to take to Uni but in the meantime I want to hook it up to my home LAN. I have: NTL cable modem connected to a Belkin 4 port Cable/DSL gateway router with wired connection to two PCs. What the minimum Wifi gadgetry I need to plug into the router so that the Laptop can use the Internet connection? |
http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...0909&InMerch=1
http://tinyurl.com/yvnrdp
You don't have to buy Belkin but I guess you're familiar with the brand
and the interface. Once you've got it, configure it and the laptop to
use whichever flavour of WPA they're both happy with. Don't run it
without security and don't use WEP, it's rubbish. WPA with a 20+
character key is the way.
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Phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmc1979/
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I've just bought a (WiFi) laptop for my daughter to take to Uni but in the meantime I want to hook it up to my home LAN. I have: NTL cable modem connected to a Belkin 4 port Cable/DSL gateway router with wired connection to two PCs. What the minimum Wifi gadgetry I need to plug into the router so that the Laptop can use the Internet connection? |
ethernet ports on your router. Personally I wouldn't go for Belkin (I
don't like their stuff), I'd recommend something like the Netgear
WG602, which I've used many times. If you buy one from Aria and pay by
Google checkout you get £10 off your order so the price is £26.90 inc
VAT
http://netgear2007.notlong.com
If you really want Belkin Aria do the 54Mb model for £34.02, £24.02 if
tou pay using Google checkout
http://Belkin2007.notlong.com
Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot
more secure than WEP.
HTH
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Paul-B Formula 1 - cheat-free version here now.
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Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot more secure than WEP. |
download a tool off the internet easily that will crack a WEP encrypted
network in a matter of hours, but if you use 20 random characters for
your WPA key, a dictionary attack would take longer to complete than the
history of the known universe.
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Phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmc1979/
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Paul-B wrote: Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot more secure than WEP. Someone (probably the technology guy on the BBC website) said you can download a tool off the internet easily that will crack a WEP encrypted network in a matter of hours, but if you use 20 random characters for your WPA key, a dictionary attack would take longer to complete than the history of the known universe. |
20 random character WPA key security is overstated.
Doesn't take very long to type "michaelschumacher".
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| Phil Newnham wrote: Paul-B wrote: Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot more secure than WEP. Someone (probably the technology guy on the BBC website) said you can download a tool off the internet easily that will crack a WEP encrypted network in a matter of hours, but if you use 20 random characters for your WPA key, a dictionary attack would take longer to complete than the history of the known universe. 20 random character WPA key security is overstated. Doesn't take very long to type "michaelschumacher". let's see: |
1) All lower case
2) All Alphabetic characters
3) Has a language meaning
3 strikes and you're out.
I don't see the randomness....
And don't get cute. I realise everything is both "random" and "ordered",
but we are, at the end, dealing with people as our random string
generators, and they don't tend to be too "random"
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Dave
"I wish that this were not our problem."
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard showing
compassion for refugees... an "Australian Value"
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In article <4643153E.4010207 (AT) Groups (DOT) com>, News (AT) Groups (DOT) com says... Phil Newnham wrote: Paul-B wrote: Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot more secure than WEP. Someone (probably the technology guy on the BBC website) said you can download a tool off the internet easily that will crack a WEP encrypted network in a matter of hours, but if you use 20 random characters for your WPA key, a dictionary attack would take longer to complete than the history of the known universe. 20 random character WPA key security is overstated. Doesn't take very long to type "michaelschumacher". I don't see the randomness.... |
Aha. Did the smiley not post?
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| David Melville wrote: In article <4643153E.4010207 (AT) Groups (DOT) com>, News (AT) Groups (DOT) com says... Phil Newnham wrote: Paul-B wrote: Don't forget to secure your network, I tend to use WPA as it's a lot more secure than WEP. Someone (probably the technology guy on the BBC website) said you can download a tool off the internet easily that will crack a WEP encrypted network in a matter of hours, but if you use 20 random characters for your WPA key, a dictionary attack would take longer to complete than the history of the known universe. 20 random character WPA key security is overstated. Doesn't take very long to type "michaelschumacher". I don't see the randomness.... Aha. Did the smiley not post? cough |
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Dave
"I wish that this were not our problem."
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard showing
compassion for refugees... an "Australian Value"
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peter wrote: I've just bought a (WiFi) laptop for my daughter to take to Uni but in the meantime I want to hook it up to my home LAN. I have: NTL cable modem connected to a Belkin 4 port Cable/DSL gateway router with wired connection to two PCs. What the minimum Wifi gadgetry I need to plug into the router so that the Laptop can use the Internet connection? You want a wireless access point, eg. http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...egorySelectedI d=11178&NavigationKey=11178,50909&InMerch=1 http://tinyurl.com/yvnrdp You don't have to buy Belkin but I guess you're familiar with the brand and the interface. Once you've got it, configure it and the laptop to use whichever flavour of WPA they're both happy with. Don't run it without security and don't use WEP, it's rubbish. WPA with a 20+ character key is the way. Thanks Phil and Paul for the info... |
plug this into my Belkin gateway router in the same way?
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Peter
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Phil Newnham <pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> writes peter wrote: I've just bought a (WiFi) laptop for my daughter to take to Uni but in the meantime I want to hook it up to my home LAN. I have: NTL cable modem connected to a Belkin 4 port Cable/DSL gateway router with wired connection to two PCs. What the minimum Wifi gadgetry I need to plug into the router so that the Laptop can use the Internet connection? You want a wireless access point, eg. http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...tegorySelected I d=11178&NavigationKey=11178,50909&InMerch=1 http://tinyurl.com/yvnrdp You don't have to buy Belkin but I guess you're familiar with the brand and the interface. Once you've got it, configure it and the laptop to use whichever flavour of WPA they're both happy with. Don't run it without security and don't use WEP, it's rubbish. WPA with a 20+ character key is the way. Thanks Phil and Paul for the info... In addition someone might give me a normal Wireless router would this plug this into my Belkin gateway router in the same way? |
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