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My computer gave me a message that another computer was using hte same IP address as me....how worried should i be about this?

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Very.

Your penis will rot and fall in exactly 5... 4... 3...

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Just got a message from a friend saying they got a bot message from my msn....any ideas how i purge this?

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Smash the PC with a hammer?

Dunno, mate, sorry.

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There is wifi in the house...i use a cable, but others use it...not sure if it's set to secure.

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
There is wifi in the house...i use a cable, but others use it...not sure if it's set to secure.
type 192.168.0.1 into your address bar and you should get to your router admin page. On mine you can check to see how many computers are connected. If you haven't done so already, set a WAP password. When you try to log in in future you will be asked for that password...

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Originally posted by Marinkatomb
type 192.168.0.1 into your address bar and you should get to your router admin page. On mine you can check to see how many computers are connected. If you haven't done so already, set a WAP password. When you try to log in in future you will be asked for that password...
The IP address of your router will differ between the various brands and models.

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
There is wifi in the house...i use a cable, but others use it...not sure if it's set to secure.
do the other users need to use a password to access the router over wifi?

if you've lost the documentation on how to set up the password you can google for the router's instruction manual.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
do the other users need to use a password to access the router over wifi?

if you've lost the documentation on how to set up the password you can google for the router's instruction manual.
No, i don't think they do need a password. I'll check that for sure.

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
No, i don't think they do need a password. I'll check that for sure.
That van outside... is it white or black?

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anybody could park near your house and access your network, given that it's not password-protected.

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use WPA2 encryption.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wpa2#Security_in_pre-shared_key_mode

Security in pre-shared key mode

Pre-shared key mode (PSK, also known as Personal mode) is designed for home and small office networks that don't require the complexity of an 802.1X authentication server[5]. Each wireless network device encrypts the network traffic using a 256 bit key. This key may be entered either as a string of 64 hexadecimal digits, or as a passphrase of 8 to 63 printable ASCII characters.[6] If ASCII characters are used, the 256 bit key is calculated by applying the PBKDF2 key derivation function to the passphrase, using the SSID as the salt and 4096 iterations of HMAC-SHA1.[7]

Shared-key WPA remains vulnerable to password cracking attacks if users rely on a weak passphrase.[8][9] To protect against a brute force attack, a truly random passphrase of 13 characters (selected from the set of 95 permitted characters) is probably sufficient.[10] Lookup tables have been computed by the Church of WiFi (a wireless security research group) for the top 1000 SSIDs[11] for a million different WPA/WPA2 passphrases.[12] To further protect against intrusion the network's SSID should not match any entry in the top 1000 SSIDs.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
anybody could park near your house and access your network, given that it's not password-protected.
and post from my msn?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
That van outside... is it white or black?

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