OpenEuphoria

Re: How to get a numeric URL (Off-Topic, maybe)

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Dec 04, 2005
• 717 views

Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> 
> Jason Gade wrote:
> > 
> > C Bouzy wrote:
> > > 
> > > No idea why your DNS information is not updating. Have a cable tech come
> > > out and check it for you.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, C Bouzy.
> > > > Still no luck. When connected, everything is OK, except that
> > > > both DNS are 0.0.0.0
> > > > Any idea?
> > > > Thanks.
> > 
> > If your router is also a cable modem, you may need to inform your ISP that
> > you
> > are using it, and what its MAC address is. Otherwise their network will not
> > allow it to connect.
> > 
> > If you are still using the cable modem, and it works when you connect the
> > computer
> > directly to it but not when you connect the router to it, then I have no
> > idea
> > what is going on.
> > 
> 
> At last I succeeded in my effort to make the router work.
> I used winipcfg to get the host and domain names, and also
> the DNS servers for my PC when directly
> connected to the modem. Then I went to the Control Panel, Network,
> DNS config, and there I entered the host and domain names and the two
> addresses of the DNS servers, and it worked!
> My router is not a cable modem, but it connects to the one provided
> by my ISP through a net cable.
> 
> After that, I attempted connecting another PC through a wireless card.
> Everything seems to be working properly (the driver correctly detects
> the channel used by my router; the signal strength is 85% and its quality
> is 99%), but I cannot connect because I always get FCS errors.
> The SSID from my router is "Default", and the wireless card driver scans
> for signals and rapidly gets this "Default" SSID.
> Any idea about what is happening?
> Many thanks in advance.

Also, if you are using wireless, you might look into some basic security
measures such as changing the default SSID, turning off SSID broadcast, and
encryption.

I'm using WEP encryption. I think there is a more secure method, but I can't
remember what it is called as my router doesn't seem to support it.

But you want to prevent others from accessing your network.

Another thing to consider is setting which MAC addresses can access your router.
Even though intruders can spoof MAC addresses, it is yet another lock on your
door.

That's about all I've got.

--
"Actually, I'm sitting on my butt staring at a computer screen."
                                                  - Tom Tomorrow

j.