How do I lock my wireless?

You will need to go into the router configuration. You can do this by typing in the IP of the router itself in your web browser.

To find it, go to Start - Run - type 'cmd'. When the console opens, type

ipconfig /all

look for default gateway. Type this number into your web browser. It will probably be 192.168.#.#

If done so correctly, a prompt should pop open asking for username and password. These usually default to 'admin' 'admin' or username 'admin' with the password field left blank - or something similar (better yet, look in the manual and it should tell you all of this).

Once successfully logged in, there will be tabs for various things. You should have a tab for wireless security somewhere. The main thing to do is to require a password for the wireless. This will be an encryption method such as WPA2, WPA, or WEP. Use WPA2 if it works. WEP is not very secure, but in all honesty if it's the only one you can get to work it should be fine unless hackers live around you.

You will then need to type this in next time you connect to wireless, and it should be saved by your OS (windows, for example) for future reference.

There are other options that should be taken if you really need to be secure or worry about it more. MAC filtering can be used, but then you have to look up your MAC address and type this to the whitelist and say to reject all others (and you do this for each PC you want to have access). But then people can fake a MAC address and get by filtering. You can choose not to send the SSID out for broadcasting, but this isn't too difficult to get past either. You can choose WEP for encryption, but this can be hacked fairly quickly if someone knows what they are doing.

You can use a combination of the various security measures for added strength, and you should be fine. But again, 99% of the time people do not live next to hackers and none of this is an issue. If you are truly worried about wireless security because you have things you need to keep extra secure - then you don't use wireless.

Just use WPA2 and choose a password that is complicated and not in the dictionary. Random letters and numbers.

The best ways to do it are a bit "techno" but they're not as hard as you think. The first step is to find the user manual for your router, either the one that came with it, or on-line on the manufacturer's website. Here are the things you should look into:

SSID Broadcasting: You want to turn this off. SSID Broadcasting sends out the name of your wireless network for devices to find it. If it's turned off, then you need to know the name of the network before being able to connect to it. (Turn it off, change the name, now only you know it).

Encryption: You want to enable this using (in order of preference) either WPA2, WPA, or WEP (Use the best one your devices, ie laptop, desktop, videogame consoles, can connect to). This is like adding a password to your wifi network.

MAC Address Filtering: Every single wifi wireless device has what is called a MAC Address, which is kind of like a name or ID. If you use MAC Address Filtering, you can choose to either only allow specific devices to connect to your network, or block specific ones.

Ideally you would take all three of these steps, but any of them will get you an extra layer of privacy and security.

I searched for it but I couldnt find anything.

Im not familar with that router at all.

most of the time there is an address you type in your web browser and it will take u to the settings. Look for the firewall tab and create a password key.

Sorry I couldnt help you more.

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