Securing my linksys wireless g router

The Linksys G router gives you both wired and wireless connections over a broadband Internet connect to create a local area network. The Linksys router is compatible with wireless G and B devices, through the 2.4-GHz wireless band. The wireless speed is at 54 megabytes per second and you can get 100 megabytes per second with a wired connection. You have to set up the wireless configuration on the Linksys before using it on your network.

Plug the router's power cable into an electrical outlet. Attach an Ethernet cable into the Internet port on the back of the router. Connect the other end into your broadband modem. Connect your computer to the Linksys G using another Ethernet cable. This Ethernet cable can go into any of the wired router ports. Open your Internet browser. Type "192.168.1.1" in the address bar and hit "Enter." This is your router's IP address and the home of its Web configuration page. Click "Wireless." Click "Manual." Alter your SSID, also known as your network name. You can change this name to any value that you want. You can also change the wireless channel if you are in an area with many wireless connections that may interfere. Click "Save Changes." Click "Wireless Security." Choose an encryption method to encrypt your wireless transmissions. WPA or WPA2 are common security protocols you can use in wireless networks. Input a network key, also known as the network password. Click "Save Changes."

Setting Up WPA Wireless Security on a Linksys Wireless Router http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=3696 Wireless G-Broadband Router support http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WRT54G b> b> Changing the Wireless Network's Name (SSID) on a Linksys Router http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=4037

Linksys E series routers can broadcast 2 wireless networks. First one is the main wireless network which is secured wireless network.
The second network is a guest network which will always show you unsecured.
It will never show you secured and you can not make it secured.
However it has a web based security.
Anyone can connect to the guest network but will not be able to access Internet without Guest access password.
In other words there is a security.
You can disable guest access also.
See more about Cisco Guest network access password

You need to log on to Linksys router to find the password or you can use with no password by resetting the router.
To get on to Linksys router connect the router to your computer with ethernet cable using one of the LAN ports on the router. Open a web browser on your computer and type 192.168.1.1. That will ask you a user ID and password. Leave the user id blank and type admin in password section. Once you are on router open page click on wireless and then security which will take you to router wireless password. Type that password on your smartphone to get internet access on smart phone! Good luck!!

Pin is basically the password of the router wep/wpa which protect the wireless router from other people to use your network or internet conenction. If you enable the wep/wpa passphase it will set security lock and will prevent other people to use your conenction.

etting up wireless security is the easiest way to prevent other people from using your wireless internet connection. Your Linksys router supports three (3) of the most commonly-used wireless security types WEP, WPA and WPA2.

This article will explain the difference between WEP, WPA, WPA2 and how to set up each of them.

• WEP
• WPA
• WPA2

type 192.168.1.1 into your browser and hit enter. This will take you to your router page.
If you have never been to this page before this is a list of defualt passwords to enter your page.
Linksys BEFW11S4, WRT54G: admin
Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Ethernet routers: Administrator
Linksys Comcast routers: comcast
All other Linksys routers: [none]
Default passwords: Linksys BEFW11S4: [none]
Linksys Comcast routers: 1234
All other Linksys routers: admin

From here you can set your own wireless security mode and generate a passphrase or key to lock out intruders.
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You could program the MAC addresses of only the computers you wan't to be able to connect to the router. It seems like you could add the MAC of your girlfriends computer your business computer and any other specific computer you wan't to allow to connect and this would leave all your current securities in place. Here are instructions if this solution sounds like what you need. http://www1.linksys.com/support/troubleshoot/wireless/wireless_router_config/wireless_mac_filtering.html

if it's a linksys router, open up a web browser and type in 192.168.1.1. That will let you get into the router and configure it. Then follow the instructions on the following website.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2112970_secure-wireless-network.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

Since you disabled the SSID Broadcast, you would need to tell you OS how to find the connection. Go to the properties of the Wireless connection in the Control Panel and add the connection there.
To secure the wireless go to 192.168.1.1
log into the router, the default password is admin. go to wireless then security. set the WEP or WPA there.

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U don't need a password. U need to set U'r router to a secure mode, not open ended. use WEP or other (64 bit or 128 bit) encryption. linksys allows U to select a paraphrase, example: "Love2Air" and it will generate a code, i.e. "7D23C678867". This will allow others to see that there is a wireless system, but they have to have the code to use it. U will have to have the code in your other wireless pc's in order to use the system. U can also tell the router what MAC address' (pc address') to allow or disallow to use the system.
A password is used to keep others out of U'r routers setup and changing U'r code or paraphrase. If U'r system gets highjacked, there is a reset on the router and everything will revert to the book defaults. Don't loose the book.