Microsoft® Windows 7 Unleashed

Chapter 20. Tightening Wireless Network Security

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• Displaying the Router’s Setup Pages

• Specifying a New Administrative Password

• Positioning the Access Point for Maximum Security

• Encrypting Wireless Signals with WPA

• Disabling Network SSID Broadcasting

• Changing the Default SSID

• Enabling MAC Address Filtering

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	The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.
	--Albert Einstein

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