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Rob Beard wrote: > On 27/05/10 17:53, Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Just replaced a dying router with a new one (Netgear DG834G) and set it >> up quite easily with a minor problem. My ISP was a great help. >> >> Previously I have never bothered about security on the wifi part of the >> router. I suppose I ought to make the effort, even in the area where I >> live in with mostly non computer users around. >> >> The choices include WAP-PSK2 which has been suggested as a good one. Can >> anyone give me any advice please? My laptop is connected by cable to the >> router but there are two laptops too. The one running Mint is set up, >> but the wife has Windows XP so I hope that will be easy too!! >> >> So, is it worth setting up some security? >> >> Regards >> >> Neil >> > > Yes I certainly would. I'm sure I read somewhere recently that as part > of this Digital Economy Bill ISPs will send out letters to subscribers > asking them to check that their wifi is secure if they are accused of > sharing copyrighted content. > > AFAIK at the moment WPA-PSK2 is the strongest encryption you can get. > Your Netgear should support this (at least my old DG834G did and that > was 3 or 4 years old). > My desktop is cable linked so that's OK. Otherwise I have a laptop which is running Mint v7 Xfce. I have tried setting up WPA-PSK2 and the earlier WPA-PSK on the router. This is easy to set up but then my laptop refuses to link to the wifi network at all. (It uses Wicd.) Go back to no encryption and it is fine again. My previous router, which I have just replaced, had no encryption set up. I used it for about four years before it started to die on me. Hence the new router. So this is my first try at using security. As for my wife's XP laptop, that worked with the old router, albeit slowly. I can't get it to link to the new router at all. For the time being my wife is using my laptop for her emails etc. So, for the moment I am managing without any security at all. Regards Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html