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How to Setup MAC Address Filtering — Linksys Wireless Router Security

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A MAC address is akin to a serial number -- every networking component has a unique MAC address, or "ID". One of the best ways to secure your wireless router is to enable MAC Address Filtering. MAC address filtering allows you to restrict access to your wireless network to all computers unless they have their MAC address known to the router. It's kind of like a guest list at … [Read more...] about How to Setup MAC Address Filtering — Linksys Wireless Router Security

Wireless Networking Security Checklist – Linksys Router Security

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Having a wireless network is great, but you must take every step to secure it from intruders, hackers, etc.  Here is a checklist of what you need to do to maximize your router security: 1. Change the default router  password.  Here's a post that explains how to change the default  router password. 2. Change the default  SSID.  The SSID is the router's "name", and for a … [Read more...] about Wireless Networking Security Checklist – Linksys Router Security

How to Find your Mac Address

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You can think of your computer's MAC address as something akin to a serial number.  Each piece of networking equipment has a MAC address, and MAC addresses are useful in certain networking contexts, such as when managing security for your wireless router. Let's learn how to find it in windows. 1. Open the  Command Prompt (shell).   Do this by going to START->RUN.  In the … [Read more...] about How to Find your Mac Address

Limit the Number of Connections to a Linksys Wireless Router

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One of the easiest ways to add security to your network is to limit the total number of connections that are permitted on the network at once. Other posts here review security settings such as changing the default SSID (router name), or and disabling the SSID radio broadcast -- similarly, limiting the total number of connections is easy to do. 1. The first thing to do is … [Read more...] about Limit the Number of Connections to a Linksys Wireless Router