Jim
Sat Jun 14 11:34:57 PDT 2008
<LadyDungeness@Fish.Net> wrote in message
news:l1j75456ur2u9soh4jcum72ee0va99k5l2@4ax.com...
> OK.
>
> How about a wired network for home, then? Then I should buy a cable
> modem/router with 4 ports? To hook up the printer,
> three computers, and the external storage device and the scanner? 6
> ports? Or do I use USB to hook the printer and scanner
> up to the router?
>
>
> Lady Dungeness
> Out of Danger until September
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>
>
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:46:31 -0400, Barb Bowman <barb@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>the authenticity issue is separate from everything else. you DO need
>>to resolve that.
>>
>>and yes, one WEP only machine ruins your security level for
>>everything else.
>>
>>On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:25:25 -0700, LadyDungeness@Fish.Net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I've got the same question. This post was very helpful. It raises a
>>>couple of questions:
>>>
>>>The Sony Vaio Windows XP will NOT update past SP2. No matter what, I get
>>>messages that the XP is not legit. It came new
>>>with the computer five years ago. Sony says its MS's fault and MS says
>>>its Sony's fault and so I sit with XP home SP2 but no
>>>updates since SP2 came out.
>>>
>>>Does this mean that it will not support WPA?
>>>
>>>If the Sony Vaio does not support WPA, does that mean I cannot use WPA
>>>for any of my devices? In other words, do ALL the
>>>networked computers, printers, etc have to share the same level of
>>>encryption?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>Lady Dungeness
>>>Out of Danger until September
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>>>
>>>On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:28:26 -0400, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
>>><jack@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
>>>>No Security
>>>>MAC______(Band Aid if nothing else is available).
>>>>WEP64____(Easy, to "Brake" by knowledgeable people).
>>>>WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too).
>>>>WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Brake ).
>>>>WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable)
>>>>WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable).
>>>>Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2.
>>>>Note 2: If you use WinXP and did not updated it you would have to
>>>>download
>>>>the WPA2 patch from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357
>>>>The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and
>>>>Wireless
>>>>Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available
>>>>with
>>>>your Wireless hardware.
>>>>All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass
>>>>phrase.
>>>>Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best
>>>>possible
>>>>of one of the Wireless devices.
>>>>I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to
>>>>the
>>>>max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max .
>>>>of
>>>>WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
>>>>If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that
>>>>can
>>>>do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace
>>>>the
>>>>device with a better one.
>>>>Setting Wireless Security -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
>>>>Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>>>
>>>>"MS" <MS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:BD6B9706-08F3-4F1C-AB14-1BA3A7E3831B@microsoft.com...
>>>>> My friend is trying to establish wireless connection for laptop via
>>>>> Linksys
>>>>> wireless-B router, and she was asked to enter WAP or WEP. How do you
>>>>> know
>>>>> which and what do you enter? I've never had this happen to me so I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> know
>>>>> how to help her. She is running Windows XP professional. Please help!
No encryption is needed for wired systems because the signal does not leave
the cabling.
You may not need any more hardware if your wireless router has the almost
standard ethernet ports.
I would connect printers to computers via USB. Getting printers to be
shared can be either extremely easy or quite hard.
In my case, I was able to get an Epson Photo 1280 connected with some
instruction from Epson.
However, my Epson R1900 connected very quickly.
I have had similar experiences with HP printers.
Jim