Re: Broadband connection
From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 04/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:35:55 -0500
If you are using a wireless router, you have a two-way radio
that typically is broadcasting a signal to everybody within
a 300 foot circle, "Here I am, use me."
You need to setup your wireless router to only accept
connections from known computers (MAC filter) and to stop
broadcasting the SSID. Also you need to have WEP or WAP
security enabled.
And since I am careful, I'd also run Zone Alarm on the
computer, it is a better firewall than the XP firewall.
And you need current anti-virus, spyware detection (I like
SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org and
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com .
Be sure to have al the Windows critical updates.
"Vagabond Software" <carlfenley-X-@-X-san.rr.com> wrote in
message news:%23xsQ81RIEHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Plugging in a LAN cable shouldn't cause any problems at
all... but if you
| have a Bring Your Own Access (BYOA) AOL Account; there
should be no need to
| plug the LAN cable into your laptop if you can access the
internet via the
| wireless G adapter.
|
| Chances are that whoever has hijacked your search engine
has done so because
| someone installed something on the laptop. An application
like Ad-Aware for
| something similar should fix that particular problem.
|
| - carl
|
| "Patty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| news:1723101c4211b$a37cb870$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| > I don't know if i'm in the right group but after reading
| > some messages in here about firewalls.....i went to see
| > if my firewall was enabled being that i'm connected via
| > dsl router, microsoft wireless router, and this
| > particular computer is hooked up to a Lyncsys wireless G
| > adapter. I noticed that my Wireless G Adapter is
enabled
| > and i have internet connection but where it says Lan
| > Connection...there's an X going through it and it says
| > something about a cable not being connected. Can I
| > connect my LAN on this computer without it causing all
| > kind of problems in my network setup. I ask this
because
| > i have an AOL account and I use whatever Lan is to
access
| > it. On top of the two computers....my 2 sons have the
x-
| > box live adapters that use the microsoft router to pick
| > up the signals for them to play. Would i have to
| > configure everything all over again if i was to enable
my
| > Lan connection?? I was wondering if this might be the
| > way that whoever is hacking into my search engine is
| > getting into it?? I hope this message makes
| > sense...lol.......Thanx Patty
|
|
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