FiOS/networking question

[jsf]

Hi Dan,

I'd like to change the SSID, the password and enable mac filtering on
the LInksys... problem is, I have no idea how to GET to it via a
browser, at this point...

J.

On 11/19/06, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
>
>  jsf wrote:
>
>  > This is getting better all the time..
>  >
>  > Ok, i think i figured out, on the D-Link interface, how to
>  > port-forward ports 80 and 22, so, from outside my network (tested it
>  > from grace.speakeasy.net) i can ssh to and open a web page on the
>  > SuSE box on my internal network!
>  >
>  > I'm still trying to figure out how to lock down the Linksys WRT54G...
>  > can't seem to figure out how to bring up its webpage ...oh wait... i
>  > see... DHCP is already turned off there...
>  >
>  > If I turn off DHCP on the D-Link.. so... I guess I should create
>  > static DHCP addresses for our machines and turn off DHCP on the
>  > D-Link... that's the only way to 'secure' the Linksys WRT54G.. right?
>  >
>  (By the way, this was posted off-group, but I posted it back to GNHLUG.)
>
>  You can't have more than one DHCP on a network. That's the reason to make
>  sure it is not running on the Linksys, not to secure it.Leave DHCP running
> on
>  the DLink. There is no risk with that. DHCP makes life easier.
>
>  What you want to do on the Linksys to secure it would be to configure
>  encryption (for example, WEP, WPA, etc.) or, at the least, to restrict
>  access to the MAC addresses of your wireless devices, or both.
>
>  In the Linksys, that is under the Wireless section. You can enter the MAC
>  addresses under Filter Access, or something similar. Setting up WEP, WPA,
> etc.
>  requires changes to each of your wireless devices and that depends on each
> of
>  them as to what they support and how to configure it varies.
>
>  Some folk also like to disable broadcasting the SSID. It does prevent
> casual
>  detection of your wireless network, but the other restrictions provide
> better
>  security. You can do all of them (disable SSID broadcast, restrict to MAC
>  addresses and add encryption) for best security. Do change the default
>  password of the Linksys, if you haven't already.
>  --
>  Dan Jenkins (dan at rastech.com)
>  Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951
>  *** Technical Support Excellence for over a Quarter Century
>
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