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#326560 - 11/20/07 12:10 PM Airport monitoring
RubenC Artimus Maximus Registered: 09/04/02 Posts: 2998 Loc: Beautiful Southern California	Now that I have the Airport Extreme to serve my MBP, it's been working like a charm but I started to think, is there a way to prevent unauthorized access to my WiFi? Do I need to worry about this?<br><br> I've set up the password with WPA2 Personal, and set the Airport to recognize my laptops ID only, but is that enough? And can someone still access my internet connection?<br><br> _________________________
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#326561 - 11/20/07 12:15 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: RubenC]
Mississauga Canuckistani Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 3352 Loc: Ontario, Canada	In the Wireless pane, select Wireless Options and make it a Closed Network - won't even show up, unless the user knows the base station's name.<br><br>- alec - _________________________ - alec -
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#326562 - 11/20/07 02:40 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: Mississauga]
RubenC Artimus Maximus Registered: 09/04/02 Posts: 2998 Loc: Beautiful Southern California	Do I do this from my desktop Mac or can I also do this thru my MBP?<br><br> _________________________
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#326563 - 11/20/07 03:52 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: RubenC]
Mississauga Canuckistani Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 3352 Loc: Ontario, Canada	I've always considered it best to perform any administration duties while hard wired to the base station.<br><br>- alec - _________________________ - alec -
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#326564 - 11/20/07 04:22 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: Mississauga]
RubenC Artimus Maximus Registered: 09/04/02 Posts: 2998 Loc: Beautiful Southern California	Thanks!<br>Much appreciated. <br><br> _________________________
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#326565 - 11/20/07 05:13 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: RubenC]
Leslie Proud MacBabe. Happy everything to everybody. Registered: 05/06/05 Posts: 3603 Loc: B.C. Canada	Is it mandatory to have a predominantly black avatar once you are a Pooh-Bah? <br><br>
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#326566 - 11/20/07 05:21 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: Leslie]
Mississauga Canuckistani Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 3352 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Mine's white... simply shrouded in darkness. <br><br>- alec - _________________________ - alec -
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#326567 - 11/20/07 08:03 PM Re: Airport monitoring [Re: Mississauga]
Leslie Proud MacBabe. Happy everything to everybody. Registered: 05/06/05 Posts: 3603 Loc: B.C. Canada	Good one -all in the eye of the beholder!<br><br>
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