Tuesday, March 08, 2005
McAfee will check your wireless network for you
Antivirus firm McAfee offers an online test of WiFi network security. You'll have to dig up your copy of Internet Explorer to use it, because the test requires installing software on your machine and most web browsers prevent that. You may have to go to Tools/Internet Options/Security/Trusted Sites and add mcafee.com in order to allow the download.
Or you can just look at the settings on your equipment. You'll see a lot of alphabet soup. You want to see a mention of "WPA", "WPA2", or "802.11i". Older base stations and cards (from before about fall 2004) won't have those without an update. Be careful making security changes so you don't lock yourself out: it's best to make changes from a computer with a wired connection to your access point.
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Or you can just look at the settings on your equipment. You'll see a lot of alphabet soup. You want to see a mention of "WPA", "WPA2", or "802.11i". Older base stations and cards (from before about fall 2004) won't have those without an update. Be careful making security changes so you don't lock yourself out: it's best to make changes from a computer with a wired connection to your access point.
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