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Mijo
08-31-2006, 04:41 PM
I need some computer advice. I've done a search for router questions asked in the Club but I'm pretty sure mine is easy to answer. Here goes... I have Road Runner @ home and I just purchased a new Dell laptop. I headed out to Best Buy to purchase a wireless router rather than pay Time Warner the extra charges for their eqipment and services only to find that the Best Buy agent told me that I would need to encrypt my signal and that it was very difficut and he reccomended that I spend $150.00 to have the geek squad come do it for me. Somehow I don't believe it would be that difficult but I don't want to get into something if it really is that difficult. Is it necessary to encrypt and is it something an intermediate user such as myself should be able to handle?
PM5K
08-31-2006, 04:44 PM
It's not difficult at all, buy a router and I or someone else will be glad to help you....
Marklar MM
08-31-2006, 04:45 PM
I need some computer advice. I've done a search for router questions asked in the Club but I'm pretty sure mine is easy to answer. Here goes... I have Road Runner @ home and I just purchased a new Dell laptop. I headed out to Best Buy to purchase a wireless router rather than pay Time Warner the extra charges for their eqipment and services only to find that the Best Buy agent told me that I would need to encrypt my signal and that it was very difficut and he reccomended that I spend $150.00 to have the geek squad come do it for me. Somehow I don't believe it would be that difficult but I don't want to get into something if it really is that difficult. Is it necessary to encrypt and is it something an intermediate user such as myself should be able to handle?

HEHE. LOL. Ya it is not that hard to do. Just google it. You will save $150 that you don't need to spend.
Mixability
08-31-2006, 04:46 PM
It's not difficult at all, buy a router and I or someone else will be glad to help you....

careful with this one, Mijo, he's a stalker..... :lol
Solid D
08-31-2006, 04:47 PM
True. Whether it's D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, etc. you can just call their tech support line provided with the wireless router and they can walk you through it over the phone.
Marklar MM
08-31-2006, 04:47 PM
careful with this one, Mijo, he's a stalker..... :lol

Only a Spurschick stalker...she should get a restraining order.
ShoogarBear
08-31-2006, 04:54 PM
$150 to set up WEP encryption? :lmao :lmao :lmao

I'll do it for $100.
ShoogarBear
08-31-2006, 04:56 PM
Seriously, that's like 120 seconds of work every time I've had to do it, and I'm no network guru.
PM5K
08-31-2006, 05:00 PM
Seriously, that's like 120 seconds of work every time I've had to do it, and I'm no network guru.

At most it would take him ten to twenty minutes....
ChumpDumper
08-31-2006, 05:02 PM
Completely easy. If you can read the manual you can set up WEP.
ShoogarBear
08-31-2006, 05:03 PM
I would love to know how many of those $150 jobbies Best Buy actually sells per year.
Mijo
08-31-2006, 07:28 PM
http://blogs.vandamme.com/development/archives/FAIA_Geek_Squad-w.jpg
Thanks! Piece of cake. No thanks to the Geeks!
DirkAB
08-31-2006, 08:02 PM
What a ripoff.
Melmart1
08-31-2006, 08:24 PM
Why would you pay for router and Wi-Fi when you can crack people's WEP codes and steal their connection? Bakrid can show you how, and I am sure he charges much less than $150.
King
08-31-2006, 08:24 PM
They always offer geek squad. It's a pretty easy set-up, honestly. Most routers come with a setup disc that walks you through it. It's easy to encrypt, but not necessary. It just keeps somebody from ripping off your internet.

Don't pay the $150.
1369
08-31-2006, 08:56 PM
All you need.

And it ain't $150.

http://images.apple.com/airportexpress/images/indextop06072004.jpg
Zunni
08-31-2006, 11:22 PM
In addition to encrypting, turn off the broadcasting of your SSID. Your laptop can still connect, and if you have company, you can give them access, but anyone scanning locally for WiFi won't even see your router.
phyzik
09-01-2006, 12:38 AM
Its easy to set up.... but dont go overboard... I fucking hate people that think hackers are going to waste their time logging onto their computer... fucking think about it.

Im sure Im going to get some jackass posting about how people steal IDs and how Im wrong to not take it so seriously.

Those people dont actually work in the network securtiy field.... grow the fuck up, your not THAT fucking important to hack, yes it happens but your more likely to get your CC and PIN info stolen from an actual ATM with a skimmer attached to it. BTW, if people dont know WTF a skimmer is they should STF up about ANY security shit right now because they obviously dont know WTF they are talking about.
Mijo
09-01-2006, 09:12 AM
In addition to encrypting, turn off the broadcasting of your SSID. Good Idea. I was suprised to see how many keyless networks were available to me. Out of the 10 I picked up, almost half were not encrypted. Thanks for the replies.
sickdsm
09-01-2006, 10:05 AM
http://blogs.vandamme.com/development/archives/FAIA_Geek_Squad-w.jpg
Thanks! Piece of cake. No thanks to the Geeks!



No matter how geeked up she looks i'd still hit that chick.