After the last saga I had. I'm now on a new modem Belkin F5D8233-4 UK and another laptop (not brand new, but hardly used).

I've wired it all up up to my my HP desktop (which isn't wireless) through the NTL modem and my laptop can NOW pick up the signal and works fine from where I want to use it.

How do I secure the connection so no one else can see it or use it? I did turn the security on the Belkin but then my laptop couldn't find it

I remember Pete tuning in the desktop first, then the laptop with some button clicking and number copying, but have no idea what he done as I was too busy talking

I'm not too bothered about people seeing my SSID but want it secured.

Help

 

do you have the manual?
it all is there

if you look under it it usually is a IP address and username/password that you could use to log in!

or some one could remote the computer and do it for you, with
https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp?lang=nb

 

Ummm, first falling block to me

 

You need to add a WEP encryption key. So from the router settings, Same place as you entered your internet username/password details, under wireless security or wireless settings in that area there will be an option to turn on security. Set to WEP 128Bit security, it will generate a wep key for you, then save changes.

Then when you try to connect to your network with the laptop it will prompt you for the WEP key which you type in then save and it won't ask next time.

 

Using your Internet browser, you can access the Router’s Web-Based
Advanced User Interface. In your browser, type “192.168.2.1” (do
not type in anything else such as “http://” or “www”). Then press
the “Enter” key.

You will see the Router’s home page in your browser window. The
home page is visible to any user who wants to see it. To make any
changes to the Router’s settings, you have to log in. Clicking the
“Login” button or clicking on any one of the links on the home page
will take you to the login screen. The Router ships with no password
entered. In the login screen, leave the password blank and click the
“Submit” button to log in.

Setting WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)
Like WPA security, WPA2 is available in both WPA2-Personal (PSK)
mode and WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS) mode. Typically, WPA2-Personal
(PSK) is the mode that will be used in a home environment, while
WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS) is implemented in a business environment
where an external radius server distributes the network key to the
clients automatically. Your Router supports WPA2-Personal (PSK).
1. After you’ve set up your Router, go to the “Security” page under
“Wireless” and select “WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)” from the
“Security Mode” drop-down menu.
2. For “Authentication”, select “WPA-PSK”, “WPA2-PSK”, or
“WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK”. This setting will have to be identical
on the wireless clients that you set up. “WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK”
mode will allow the Router to support clients running either WPA
or WPA2 security.
3. “Encryption Technique”, select “TKIP”, “AES”, or “TKIP+AES”.
This setting will have to be identical on the wireless clients that
you set up.
4. Enter your pre-shared key (PSK). This can be from eight to 63
characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same
key must be used on all of the wireless clients that you set up.
For example, your PSK might be something like: “Smith family
network key”. Click “Apply Changes” to finish. You must now set
all wireless clients to match these settings.

Logging out of the Router
One computer at a time can log into the Router for the purposes
of making changes to the settings of the Router. Once a user has
logged in to make changes, there are two ways that the computer
can be logged out. Clicking the “Logout” button will log the
computer out. The second method is automatic. The login will time
out after a specified period of time. The default login time-out is
10 minutes. This can be changed from one to 99 minutes. For more
information, see the section in this manual titled “Changing the Login
Time-Out Setting”.

 

Cheers guys, I've followed the steps and it now shows up on the laptop that its secured (shows the padlock sign, is that right?)

Although I did a quick search on wireless connections and the 2 others that show up, in the data encryption shows mine as auto, where as theres shows up as WEP, is that right?

The modem has all blue lights so that shows its secured, working, etc

 

but i would go for a wpa2 as that one is faster and better security than the wep and the wap

 

but not all wifi devices can use wpa2 - WEP is more common