Wireless Internet Passowrd???????

[NewBlood]

Hello people,
I'm having one difficult problem with my network set up. The main goal I want to achieve is when ever someone trys to connect to my wireless it will prompt them with a username and password(which I will set and know). With out the right username and password no one could connect to it. I have made a diagram of my network and how its set up. On every computer I'm running Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2. I know I only have one wireless computer that accutally uses the wireless router(Dell laptop) but I live in a apartment aside the Econo Lodge and I have people from that hotel tryin to connect to my wi-fi from time to time. I do host alot of Lan parties almost every weekend and for my buddies to just boot up and connect with their wireless cards is a whole better then having to fumble through all my wires for a long enough network cable. Can someone help Please!!!!53873

[Antillian]

Instead of user authentication, why not setup some WEP or WPA? Then just give the keys to your buddies when they come to your LANs. Both are secure and you can't just guess the number as they can be quite long. That should be all you need to secure your network. Hope that helps!

[pik4chu]

I dont think WAPs even have the capability for user authentication. The first network device that comes to mind would be a proxy server but that is only after you are connected to the network. i_am_tux has the right idea, just use WEP or WPA on the wireless access point and if you feel uneasy about security, just change it after each LAN is over or something.

[NewBlood]

Wow, yeah sounds like a plan, ummm...lol now where do I begin with that kinda of set up.

[FireMogle]

Use WPA if you can otherwise use WEP. These two features should be included with your NICs and router, and it really isnt that hard to set up. They both require a passcode in order to get on the network.

What you asked in your first post is a user authentication program, and the only way to do that is with professional equipment or some sort of custom setup.

edit:read your second post.

Look at the manual that came with your router to get some help setting up WPA/WEP. If I remember right Dlink has a security tab on the router page that lets you set this up.

[NewBlood]

Ok I understand what your talking about, I understand how/why it works, but what I don't understand is can I set it when I get connect to my router, I didnt see anything like that but I m going back in now to see if I can find a setting............keep posting

[Antillian]

Yeah, normally you generate the keys from within your router's control panel. Then, you distribute those keys to yourself and your buddies. You set the keys within the utility you use to manage your networks on your WLAN card on your comp. (if it didn't come with one use the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration)

[NewBlood]

Update I ran the wizard and enabled wep and entered my 10 digit key as 2470124701 well after the router saved the setting and restarted I couldnt get back on the internet. About the keys when i set the frist key do I have to go into something for the others computer and enter the key. This is where I'm at now....53877

[NewBlood]

Lol I found it.....do you see the wpa-psk option well I selected it, it asked for a passpharse, so I set it restarted the router, and now all of my desktops that are hard wired in run fine, and any wireless card thats in use, it will now ask for a passpharse before letting someone connect to it.......Anyways I leraned alot from you guys today thanks for all the help, I ll be posting more if I encounter any problems..............:clap:

[Antillian]

Awesome, glad you got it working. Setting up wireless networks is interesting and can be fun (but can also make for some headaches, like anything else in networking), glad you learned something though. Good luck man! :)

[Angry]

Yay, no more bandwidth stealers at our parties! :D Except for Kie, hes still a problem....:p

[NewBlood]

Lol.....Yeah well little does Kie know, while setting this stuff up I found a way to limit "CERTAIN" computers to a set number of bandwidth....maybe now he can still download while COV is playin.

[Tebore]

What you're asking for is 802.11X protocol. You'd need an auth server. I'm not too uptodate on Linux offerings in this field. I know W2K3 server allows this, in all versions. Basically in your Router you pick 802.11X and point it to the server. The server will do all the work of authing clients.

This is for information. WPA2 Works almost like this but it's works like WPA in the sense that you don't need a username.