Wireless connections..........

Post by **ForM** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:08 am

A friend of mine just picked up a USB 720 from Verizion.

I tried to tell him he needs to get in and change the password as to not be bandwidth stolen.

Im I correct? or am I wrong?

and mayby a link to quickly squash this problem?

Post by **obsidian** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:50 am

Yes, he should change his SSID and password at least. Make sure he also sets up encryption, WEP is easily hackable, so WPA is preferable.

Just dial into your router and change the firmware settings. Open a browser and type (usually) 192.168.1.1 into the address bar and you should have access to your router's settings.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:06 am

Also get him to regularly check his bandwidth usage for unusual spikes, should his ISP offer that service through it's website.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:21 am

change the password on a dongle?

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:03 am

lol, the wifi dongle will let him join a wifi network that may or may not be locked. there's no options to set a password on the dongle itself.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:53 pm