[GotKid]

Please forgive a total new guy at this.

I purchased this router to provide internet access for my son in another room who accesses the signal with a USB card receiver (D-Link). A neighbor however, is obviously wanting freebie service and robbing our bandwidth.

I read the manual three times and have NO idea what I am reading. All I want is to set up a password protection so the neighbors do not have access but I need really simplistic directions, please.

Also, is there a way to shut off the transmissions when my son is not using wireless without shutting the router off and going thru the hassle of switching cables all the time? My Linksys is between my regular router and my computer.

Thanks SO much in advance!

 

[lorjack]

What is the make/model of the router? You can setup wireless encryption to protect your network.

 

[pvo01]

hello, and welcome.

when you install wireless network, it will ask you to setup two passwords. one is for the router password, and the other is for the wireless internet password.
all you need to do is harden the password enought that you think no-one in this world that you think may figure it out.

and also, you can stop the internet from opening by login to the wireless router and disable it.

however, it shoudn't need to be nervous aobut leaving your internet on. again, if you harden the password hard enought, you need not to worry.

hope this hlep.

 

[yuwen]

Please forgive a total new guy at this.

I purchased this router to provide internet access for my son in another room who accesses the signal with a USB card receiver (D-Link). A neighbor however, is obviously wanting freebie service and robbing our bandwidth.

I read the manual three times and have NO idea what I am reading. All I want is to set up a password protection so the neighbors do not have access but I need really simplistic directions, please.

Also, is there a way to shut off the transmissions when my son is not using wireless without shutting the router off and going thru the hassle of switching cables all the time? My Linksys is between my regular router and my computer.

Thanks SO much in advance!

 

[yuwen]

I got answers from other replies yet I got a question from this post: When we connect wirelessly, how do we know if there is anybody accessing our signal too ?

 

[lorjack]

I got answers from other replies yet I got a question from this post: When we connect wirelessly, how do we know if there is anybody accessing our signal too ?

You can look in your router and see the clients that are connected.

 

[GotKid]

Sorry for not including details on my router - it is a Linksys WRT54G.

So far I don't see a useful response. Please keep in mind that the WRT54G is not my primary router to connect to my ISP. I merely route from my primary router through the Linksys to provide a wireless signal for my son.

If I configure the WRT54G using the setup utility, will it not conflict with my primary router?

Thanks

 

[lorjack]

You need to configure your second router to operate as a router not a gateway.



You can setup wireless encryption here

 

[johnwill]

Actually, here's how I configure a secondary router.


Connecting two (or more) SOHO broadband routers together.

Note: The "primary" router can be an actual router, a software gateway like Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing, or a server connection that has the capability to supply more than one IP address using DHCP server capability. No changes are made to the primary "router" configuration.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router(s) to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address, 192.168.0.253 for another router, etc.

Note: Do this first, as you will have to reboot the computer to connect to the router again for the remaining changes.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router, channels, encryption, etc.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

This procedure bypasses the routing function (NAT layer) and configures the router as a switch (or wireless access point for wireless routers).

For reference, here's a link to a Typical example config using a Netgear router