- How to add a wireless router to NTL broadband
- Posted by Newsposter on November 23rd, 2006
Hi,
A friend of mine has NTL broadband. His PC is in a different room to
the broadband cable modem. So he has bought a wireless router (Netgear
rangemax wpn824) so that he can connect his PC (with a USB adaptor) to
the modem without any wires.
What's the best way of doing this?. Is it cable modem -> Netgear using
the ethernet port on the NTL modem?. Also, when configuring the
Netgear, does he need to enter his NTL connection info (username,
password etc) into the router?.
Thanks for any info.
- Posted by dennis@home on November 23rd, 2006
"Newsposter" <newsposter@mail.com> wrote in message
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Its the only way.
You can't use the USB port.
No.
There isn't anywhere to enter it either.
Don't forget to change the password on the router and to enable WPA once he
has it working.
- Posted by Newsposter on November 23rd, 2006
On Nov 23, 12:40 pm, "dennis@home" <den...@killspam.kicks-ass.net>
wrote:
Thanks.
- Posted by Alan on November 23rd, 2006
dennis@home wrote:
Would also be a good idea if running the router as a DHCP server to
restrict connections to know wireless MAC addresses (accepting that
having previously enabled WPA it will have have already demand a network
key in order to connect)
Belt and braces and all that :-)
Alan
- Posted by Jock Mackirdy on November 23rd, 2006
In article <1164281089.946980.274420@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
Newsposter wrote:
Just checking - is this router described as a DSL/cable router?
J
- Posted by dennis@home on November 23rd, 2006
"Jock Mackirdy" <jock.mackirdy@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Its OK, I checked the Netgear site (assuming he quoted the correct number).
- Posted by dennis@home on November 23rd, 2006
"Alan" <a@b.com> wrote in message
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Its really a waste of time.
It adds zero security.
- Posted by Jon on November 23rd, 2006
dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net declared for all the world to hear...
To the determined hacker maybe, but to a non-savvy next door neighbour?
It's an extra layer.
--
Regards
Jon
- Posted by dennis@home on November 23rd, 2006
"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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If he turns on WPA then its not going to make any difference.
Anyone that can hack WPA has already bypassed the MAC filters by the time
you have finished reading this sentence,
- Posted by Newsposter on November 24th, 2006
dennis@home wrote:
Thanks all for the very useful info. So what's the best method of
security?.
- Posted by dennis@home on November 24th, 2006
"Newsposter" <newsposter@mail.com> wrote in message
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WPA with a longish random string for the password should do fine.
