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PeteH
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A friend has laptop running Vista Home Premium
They have an UNSECURED wireless connection set up
How can I now apply security to the network?
Thanks
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putasolutions
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Pete,
The starter question for ten is which router are they using to connect to?
Make and model will speed things along by making the instructions a more specific 
From there, we should be able to determine what security is available
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PeteH
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Long day - not thinking properly when I posted - sorry
He has had the connection set up for ages but it is unsecured
I looked at the security settings of my laptop and tried to mirror the settings but no matter what I selected (WPA Personal / WPA1 Personal / and a host of other options including 802.11) it always came up saying something like "the selected security settings do not match the network settings
His wireless connection is Labeled Belkin 54G - It is definately a Belkin and I presume it's a 54 G
Any other info that might help?
Pete
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putasolutions
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Try this
Start by sorting out the router
Open internet explorer (or firefox) and type 192.168.2.1 in the address bar and press enter
On the router interface, click Security, choose one of the necessary options from the drop down menu. If all the potential network users hardware including the router can support WPA2-Personal, then do so. If not, (which may be the case in some older network adaptors), use straight forward WPA-PSK (TKIP)or at very least 128bit WEP
Type in a passkey, which must be at least 8 characters long.
Click Submit changes
Now in Vista
Click Start | Control Panel
Click Network and Internet
Go to Network and sharing center
Then go to manage wireless connection
Right-click on the SSID, and then select Properties.
Under the Security Tab, set Security Type to WPA2-Personal,
Set Encryption Type to NONE. (Or you may select AES if its selected as TKIP or vice versa)
Set Passphrase.
Click on OK.
Then try to check your connection
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PeteH
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OK - 1st off thanks for your prompt reply, then apologies for my slow reply (Have had a very busy couple weeks)
I followed the instructions as best I could but ended up locked out of the router interface and no net connection at all.
At the 192.168.2.1 router interface I selected WPA/WPA2 - Personal(PSK) from the Security mode dropdown box. The interface also had a further 2 drop down selection boxes
1 - AUTHENTICATION - from which i selected WPA2 - PSK
2 - ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE - from which I selected TKIP
I then went to the router local settings and from the
SECURITY TYPE dropdown I selected WPA2 Personal and from the
ENCRYPTION TYPE dropdown I selected NONE
When I then attempted to go online I got a window informing that the security settings for the local did not match the interface settings. When I went to go back to the interface to change the settings again, I couldn't as I had no net connection - catch 22! Couldn't get online without a net connection and couldn't get online without changing the settings. In the end it was a paper clip job in the back of the router to reset it to default settings
Below are all the dropdown options (with headers) for both the interface and the local settings
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192.168.2.1
SECURITY MODE - options are:
Disabled
WPA/WPA2 - Personal(PSK)
128bit WEP
64bit WEP
AUTHENTICATION - OPTIONS ARE:
WPA-PSK
WPA2-PSK
WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK
ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE - options are:
TKIP
AES
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Settings on local machine (belkin54g)
SECURITY TYPE - options are:
No authentication (open)
Shared
WPA - Personal
WPA2 - Personal
WPA - Enterprise
WPA2 - Enterprise
802.1x
ENCRYPTION TYPE - options are
NONE
WEP
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I tried looking at the various options to try and work out how to achieve matching settings but I was afraid of losing their net connection again so I've gone back to disabled at the interface for now
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putasolutions
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Hmmm the Belkin 54g is the wireless adaptor, but what make and model is the router itself? Is the adaptor built into the laptop?
it's just odd that the adaptor, shows only wep or none as the encryption method, not a normal combination for an 802.11g, normally you'll get three or four, WEP, WPA(2), or None
To be honest, it seems that the adaptor is a little old for the router and am tempted to suggest that £14 invested in a slightly newer USB adaptor to bring it into line with the router might actually prove worthwhile.
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