WAP Router Security

budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
edited May 2007 in Science & Tech
I have been running a DLink DI614+ for couple of yrs now....however...I am now in need of locking this thing down and not allowing others to access so:


How do I secure this thing? I know this seems simple and I am sure it is...but How do I lock this Router down so just my DT,2 LT's are the only ones w/ access?

TIA

Bud

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  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited April 2007
    Check the firmware for MAC access list, or MAC Authority.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited April 2007
    1) Turn off SSID Broadcast
    2a) Go to Wireless security and set it to WPA2 if it supports it. Then give it a password.
    2b) On every device wireless connecting to it set their wireless security to WPA2 with the same password

    if it doesn't support WPA2 then use WPA on everything, if that doesn't work you have to use WEP.

    You can also do Your Amish Dad said and set mac filtering so that only your devices with specified mac address can connect to it or better yet do both.

    Another tip is to turn off DHCP if you don't need it and then set a different IP scheme on it so instead of the default 192.168.1.X set it to 10.3.3.X for example. That way anyone connecting won't really be able to use it until they figure out what network it's actually on.

    You can't trully make a wireless access point 100% secure to the determined. Best you can do is make it annoying for anyone without the passwords and knowing the setting easy for it to use.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited April 2007
    Guess I'm goint to need a little hand holding here....

    Lets go 1 by 1...

    YAD...gonna do your last because it seems the most complex....

    SSID...Only place I see it is on my Home/Wireless Tab...in the text field it has DEFAULT

    What do I need to do?
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited April 2007
    You can rename it for starters, Default is what Dlink uses. If you have a newer wireless router, you might have the option to disable SSID Broadcast somewhere on that page, or in the security area.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited April 2007
    right above the word default is enable/disable...thats what I should disable?

    What is it exactly...like defalt...whats it naming?...the router?
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited April 2007
    It's naming the Wireless Access Point. Disabling SSID Broadcast means you're telling it not to tell OTHER wireless devices (Computers, PSP's, other jargle) that it's there.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited April 2007
    k... Done...

    Next..

    WPA2

    The only thing I can find on WPA is under the Home/Wireless tab

    Then it is under heading:

    WEP:

    Open System (marked)
    Shared Key
    WPA
    WPA-PSK

    NExt under that is:
    WEP
    Enable/Disable (Disabled)

    What do you think?
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited April 2007
    Check all the devices that you will be using on the network, and find one that they all have. My Dlink doesn't like using WPA, but works fine on WEP 128. The boxes are self-explanatory.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited May 2007
    Once you've set the WPA or WEP on your access point you'll either be giving it a password in the case of WPA or generating an long encryption key in the case of WEP. You then need to go to all the wireless devices that are going to connect to it and set their Security settings to the same password/key.

    Also once you've changed your SSID on the access point you have to tell all the devices to now look for that SSID.

    Keep in mind any settings we are currently doing only effect wireless connections. Wired connections won't be effected by this. The best way to set it up is to have 1 wired device plugged into your router doing all the changes and then have a wireless device beside you testing everything as you go along. You can also do them in steps.

    So step one change the SSID's and make sure your connections are up. Then turn off SSID broadcast and make sure everything is still up. Then turn on WPA or WEP and test it again. Then you can go and put in MAC filtering (which is rather easy actually), test again and then your done.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited May 2007
    lol...that makes since...when I turned off SSID I couldnt get some work done so turned it back on...lol

    I had to leave this morning for some out of town work so will pick this up then....Until then I have some other questions....to another post...

    THx U2

    Bud
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited May 2007
    So why do I loose my signal when I turn off my SSID?
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited May 2007
    YAD and I fixed her up...

    THX for the extra time YAD....
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited May 2007
    Thank me with cold beer.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited May 2007
    if u were here I would...now answer ur IM...lol
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