Well I aint looked in here much lately (bet no fookers noticed :cry: ) 2 reasons....been a bit busy with home improvements :mad: and this dam wireless router I brought started playing up, internet access meant running the cable across the lounge to the desk top kids trippin over wife moaning like fook.

 

Well I tried everything a I could think off myself and all the repair tools that the Belkin software offered with no success, so today I started to disconnect everything to box up and shove up PC Worlds ar5e, Ah, whats this little hole in the back of the router, you know the one, just big enough to get the end of a pen in, yes the one that says.....FOOKIN RESET!!!!!! :headvswal

 

 

Well here I am :slap: Nice to see you all again!

 

Oh yeh while I was away I became 50, I dont worry about it I just concider myself 2 x 25 ;)

LOL - welcome back Steve :D

Them there hi tech gadgets are made for younguns :p

 

But if you are two x 25 you should have done it twice as fast

never buy stuff from pc world, you get ripped off rotten, also make sure your using WPA2 encryption and not WEP encryption

never buy stuff from pc world, you get ripped off rotten, also make sure your using WPA2 encryption and not WEP encryption

 

 

:shock: WTF :shock: :D

what router is it buddy

PC world are shite

 

a m8 went in there, she ant got a clue about computers, went to buy a USB modem

quite simple me thinks

 

OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH no

 

they sold her a USB hub

 

tosspots!!

just lock it down the MAC address, thats what i have done to the missus laptop

 

job done

just lock it down the MAC address, thats what i have done to the missus laptop

 

job done

 

5 mins outside the house im in any computer on your network, you need WPA2 encryption

agreed - mac security is an extra but takes seconds to break.

WEP is pretty piss poor but better than none.

Disabling broadcast of SSID is something some people do to, but again - takes seconds to find with the right tools.

Depending on brand of router you can lower signal power etc.

 

At the end of the day - WPA2 is the safest way to go ...... for now :)

only reason i have a router if the missus laptop, the gaming rig is pulled staight into it

 

wireless connection is piss poor for gaming :(