wireless safety

julesgrib1 · #1 (**permalink**) 26-03-2006, 03:07 PM

I have routed my pc and my laptop wirelessly but it says that the connection is unsecured and there is open access visible to others, please tell me how to secure as much as possible. Manu thanks.

madmikejt12 · #2 (**permalink**) 26-03-2006, 03:56 PM

Hi,
Welcome to D-A-L.

I dont know a great deal about networking but a firewall should stop people getting access to your network and make it more secure.
To protect your network, right click the network icon in the system tray and click open network connections, this should open a window with all your network connections, right click the network you want to firewall and click properties, go to advanced and where it says windows firewall, click "settings" in the general tab click the circle next to "on- recommended" go to the exceptions tab and check each box next to the programs you want to allow to connect to your network/the internet.

Hope this helps,
Mike

julesgrib1 · #3 (**permalink**) 26-03-2006, 04:19 PM

Thanks very much (nice to see it was from a liverpool supporter). Julie

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Originally Posted by madmikejt12

Hi,
Welcome to D-A-L.

I dont know a great deal about networking but a firewall should stop people getting access to your network and make it more secure.
To protect your network, right click the network icon in the system tray and click open network connections, this should open a window with all your network connections, right click the network you want to firewall and click properties, go to advanced and where it says windows firewall, click "settings" in the general tab click the circle next to "on- recommended" go to the exceptions tab and check each box next to the programs you want to allow to connect to your network/the internet.

Hope this helps,
Mike