Password protect Linksys router?

I have a Linksys router -WRT54G- for my iBook G4. I need to know how to configure password protection/block signal.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.3)

Hi Weskandel,
Open Safari and type 192.168.1.1 in the address bar. Press return. A small box prompting you for a username and password will appear.
The default username and password for Linksys routers is "admin" On older Linksys routers leave the username blank and type "admin" for the password.
Once inside, it's very easy to change the password for the router. Best of luck!

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How to password protect?

How can I password protect my router? Can I use this site?

To set up wireless security, you must use a computer that is wired to the router.
Where to find the router settings: The router's login password is usually on one of the "Administration" pages. The other settings are all found in the "Wireless" or the "Security" section of the router's setup pages, located at 192.168.1.1
First, give your router a unique SSID. Don't use "linksys".
Make sure "SSID Broadcast" is set to "enabled".
Next, leave the router at its default wireless settings (except for the unique SSID), and then use your pc to connect wirelessly to the router. Test your wireless Internet connection and make sure it is working correctly. You must have a properly working wireless connection before setting up wireless security.
To implement wireless security, you need to do one step at a time, then verify that you can still connect your wireless computer to the router.
Next, encrypt your wireless system using the highest level of encryption that all of your wireless devices will support. Common encryption methods are:
WEP - poor (see note below)
WPA (sometimes called PSK, or WPA with TKIP) - good
WPA2 (sometimes called PSK2, or WPA with AES) - best
WPA and WPA2 sometimes come in versions of "personal" and "enterprise". Most home users should use "personal". Also, if you have a choice between AES and TKIP, and your wireless equipment is capable of both, choose AES. With any encryption method, you will need to supply a key (sometimes called a "password" ).
The wireless devices (computers, printers, etc.) that you have will need to be set up with the SSID, encryption method, and key that matches what you entered in the router.
Retest your system and verify that your wireless Internet connection is still working correctly.
And don't forget to give your router a new login password.
Picking Passwords (keys): You should never use a dictionary word as a password. If you use a dictionary word as a password, even WPA2 can be cracked in a few minutes. When you pick your login password and encryption key (or password or passphrase) you should use a random combination of capital letters, small letters, and numbers, but no spaces. A login password, should be 12 characters or more. WPA and WPA2 passwords should be at least 24 characters. Note: Your key, password, or passphrase must not have any spaces in it.
Most home users should have their routers set so that "remote management" of the router is disabled. If you must have this option enabled, then your login password must be increased to a minumum of 24 random characters.
One additional issue is that Windows XP requires a patch to run WPA2. The patch is located in SP3, so you will need SP3 to run WPA2 in Win XP. Vista already supports WPA2.
Note:
WEP is no longer recommended. The FBI has demonstrated that WEP can be cracked in just a few minutes using software tools that are readily available over the Internet. Even a long random character password will not protect you with WEP. You should be using WPA or preferably WPA2 encryption.

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I am trying to password protect my router but when I go into wireless> security mode and click on WPA or any of the other choices it goes back to disabled. Can anyone help?

Once reset the Router for 30 seconds, power cycle the whole network and then check again whether the Wireless Security mode is getting selected or not… If not then download the latest firmware of the Router from the Cisco/Linksys website – homesupport.cisco.com or you can even download it from the following link - http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/support/routers/WRT54G2
# Once you download the latest firmware open up the browser and on the address bar type 192.168.1.1 that will open up the Router setup page…
# Click on the “Administration” tab and then click on the Firmware Upgrade sub tab then click on Browse button and select the firmware file… After selecting click on Upgrade button…
# After the firmware upgrade reset the Router and power cycle the network and then check whether the security mode is getting selected or not…

Need to Password Protect My Linksys Wireless Router

Hey Guys - I need to password protect my Linksis Router. How do I access it's settings?

Hi Weskandel,
Open Safari and type 192.168.1.1 in the address bar. Press return. A small box prompting you for a username and password will appear.
The default username and password for Linksys routers is "admin" On older Linksys routers leave the username blank and type "admin" for the password.
Once inside, it's very easy to change the password for the router. Best of luck!

Is there a way to password protect guess access to wireless on an E2000 router?

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So No it's not open, but I think they are still connected to the router, and thats not good either.

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Password protecting a networked printer

Hello, here's the situation. My family has a networked printer (Brother 402cn) that's shared via a linksys 802.11g router with three computers (iMac G5, PB and Toshiba). The iMac is the main computer and I would like to password protect the printer so that one needs to input a password to be able to print from the iMac. How would I go about doing this?
Thanks for your time,
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Unless password protection is a feature built into the printer driver, which I assume is not the case and for which you should be talking to Brother anyway, the only reliable way to do this is to:
1 get a network operating system, such as AppleShareIP, OS X Server, Novell, or one of the Windows servers
2 install the NOS on one computer; note that ASIP is going to require a Mac capable of booting OS 9, OS X Server is going to require a Mac capable of booting OS X, and the Novell and Windows servers will require machines capable of booting Windows.
3 plug the printer directly into the computer running the NOS.
4 set up and configure the print server software in the NOS. In particular, enable the password provisions.
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Make sure it's either not password protected (not recommended) or verify you have the correct password. Once you have that verified, go to Settings, wifi, and select your router. If it is a password protected network, you should be prompted to enter the password/phrase. Once the password is entered, it should obtain the ip address automatically. Hope this helps.

Isolate linksys router from LAN while retaining internet

Hi guys,
got a bit of a problem that I've spent the past 3 hours trying to nail down. My main router is a MI424WR for my FIOS connection. It serves several computers, wired and wireless. I have an old linksys BEFW11S4 router that I am trying to use with a weaker (WEP) encryption so some devices can still use internet that would not otherwise access a WAP or WAP2 access point, and since WEP is easily crackable, I would like to isolate the WEP router (linksys in this case) from the rest of the internal network, which contains shared files)
As it stands, I have connected the WAN port of the linksys to one of the LAN ports of the MI424WR, assigned 192.168.2.1 as linksys' IP address (on a separate subnet, as the FIOS router has a 192.168.1.1 address), received a DHCP Internet address from the MI424WR, and have also enabled DHCP on the linksys router itself in order to allow client devices to get their own addresses and access the internet.
Now, based on what I've been reading, connecting the main router's (MI424WR) LAN port to the WAN port of the linksys should create two separate LAN segments, which should separate the local networks from one another. There is obviously something I'm missing here... I am getting essentially the same result as connecting the LAN port of the FIOS router to the LAN port of the linksys router. Shouldn't there be a difference between the WAN and LAN ports in this case?
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.
Any suggestions?

The hookup that you did will only protect the BEFW11S4 users from the MI424WR users.   It will not protect the MI424WR users from the BEFW11S4 users.
This is because the WAN port on the BEFW11S4 only blocks unsolicited data coming into the BEFW11S4. The WAN port does not block any outgoing data.
The solution to your problem is this:
MI424WR ---- BEFW11S4
                ---- WRT54G (or any other wireless router of your choice)
MI424WR LAN port wired to BEFW11S4 Internet port.
MI424WR LAN port wired to WRT54G Internet port.
No other devices connect to MI424WR, either by wire or wirelessly.
Turn off wireless in the MI424WR.
All wired and wireless computers (and other secured devices) connect only to the WRT54G, which is using WPA or WPA2 and a strong password.
In this setup, the Internet port of the WRT54G will prevent intruders from getting into your secured network on the WRT54G, even if the BEFW11S4 is compromised.
Also the BEFW11S4 and the WRT54G should be using:
1) different SSIDs
2) different encryption methods
3) completely different passwords, that are in no way similar, since someone might crack your WEP password.
4) different channels. There are 11 channels to pick from.   You can use any two channels, but ideally they should be 5 or more channels apart. Channels 1, 6, and 11 usually work the best.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 01-14-2010 02:04 AM

Airport wont connect on my home network when its password protected but..

Airport wont connect to my home network when its password protected. It will connect to my network if i go into my linksys router and set the network to "not password protected". If i put on the security and choose a pass phrase it always says connection failed when i try to connect to the network. anyone got any suggestions on what to try ?
ps and yes i am putting in the password right

Hi Nickerjones
When you enter your password for the Linksys router, is it generating a separate code phrase? By this, I mean if you enter "password", the Linksys converts this to a code that might look something like "ju457re76en7pq" for example. The code is generated based on an algorithm that Linksys uses for their products and should be visible in the set up page. Sorry, I haven't used Linksys for several years so I can't remember all the details.
Other manufacturers use different algorithms for their products, so if you entered "password" on an Apple product, it would likely convert the phrase to a different code, which the Linksys would not recognize. If you can locate the actual code that the Linksys generates when you enter your password and use that same exact code when you enter the password for your wireless on Airport, you may have your problem solved.

Problems with Linksys router...

Ever since I upgraded to Leopard a few weeks ago, I have felt nothing but the urge to pull my hair out. Okay, I'm exaggerating a little... but the non-internet is getting old quick.
I can connect to all other networks, including my neighbor's behind us and beside us. I can't connect to our wireless though, and I don't know why! It's not password protected, no one has the same wireless name as us, but my Airport seems to hate it. I either get: "AirPort does not have an IP address and cannot connect to the Internet." or some evil mumbo-jumbo about a "self-assigned IP address and cannot connect to the Internet."
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...Help, please? I'd really like to get internet in my bedroom. It's the one place where the neighbor's wireless doesn't go.

I have the exact same problem. My solution is to shut off all network devices and restart them. Make a new "Network Location" called "All Off". Set it to all your interfaces to disabled. Actually they don't let you do that so leave the Firewire device there since you probably won't use it. Be sure to press the "Apply" button to activate the new location. Wait a minute then turn your interfaces back on. Hopefully it will be able to connect. If not, reboot your router while the devices are off and turn them back on when the Linksys is up and running. Remember when you reboot your router to leave it unplugged for 15 seconds so all the electrons evaporate.

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