Network security change to WPA2 won't take
Hi all, I am getting a very low airport signal strength and am concerned other neighbors are using my connection. I am using a mac mini OS 10.4.11 with a wireless Belkin54g 802.11g router. In system pref. I noticed that there seems to be "none" security on the network, and when I try to add a WPA2 password for more security, it accepts the changes. However, when I then try to connect to my network, it asks if I want to join the "belkin54g" -which is mine, and it connects automatically without asking for the password I created. Furthermore, I can see that the security setting changes when I connect from WPA2 personal to "none" again. How can I simply add security to this network and be confident that others without the password can't join?
Thanks for any help on this.
Joe
In addition to Fortuny's correct advice, I'd suggest giving your router a distinctive name, so that it is easier to recognize as being your own.
The low signal strength would normally not be an indication of your router being used by others. You might need to change the channel number of your router so that it is not trying to use the same band as the other routers in your neighborhood. Normally you need to get 3 channel numbers away from other users to minimize interference.
You can use this program:
http://istumbler.net/
to determine which channels are being used by routers in your immediate neighborhood.
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