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In this episode I step through (via a screencast) setting up and securing a wireless router, specifically a Linksys. But have no fear, all the concepts discussed can be applied to any manufacturer, I just happen to own a Linksys. I cover things like DHCP, DNS, WPA, WEP and port forwarding. It’s a lot of information, but hopefully its all useful and you will be more comfortable managing your own network. If you’re a network Guru, this show is NOT for you… but if you’re new on the scene, or your friends/parents are, this may be an awesome starting point.
And as always, if I missed a good tip or other important information, please post a comment on the blog @ http://thatsawesome.tv
Enjoy!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Hi, I’m from the Netherlands and found this website by accident via the Rev3 twitter. I think it’s a cool show and you explained this stuff very clear. BUT, I think (not sure) that the average person who watches revision 3 shows, and subscribes to videocasts, is tech savy enough to install a router.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Hey Tomas,
I think you make a good point… but I also think that the tech savvy crowd can pass this video along to aid those who may not know.
Future shows may get very tech heavy, so keep watching.
Thanks for tuning in!
Later,
Scott
October 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Hey, its really good show.
Similar to Hak5 but still good.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Thanks for making the effort to produce these helpful video tutorials and share them with us. I agreed with you that we can pass this video along to aid those who may not know.
I used to get many repeated requests from friends and family to setup, troubleshoot and how to use their computers. Now, I can ask them to check out these video podcasts and save myself from having to repeat myself. Not to mention that a good video demonstration such as yours, is so much clearer than trying to guide them verbally thru the phone.
btw, there are some missing pointers on this video which I would like to point out, hope you don’t mind (you did mentioned that you hope to get more feedbacks to make your video even better rite?)
DHCP
As more and more network devices come with DHCP services, it is good to remind viewers that if they already have DHCP enabled somewhere within their network, they should not enable the DHCP on the router. This is because there should only be 1 DHCP server enable on any network at any one time to issue IP addresses or there will be conflict of IP addresses that may result in having network devices not able to talk to one another. This is especially so for home networking whereby they already have a wired router doing DHCP, and they want to add a wireless router to the network etc.
Port Range Forward and DDNS
Since most home users are on dynamics WAN IP (IP address of user network on the Internet assign by most internet providers) which is always changing every time the router is connected to the internet, Port Range Forward itself will not work (unless you know what is your current WAN IP address or you subscribe to more expensive static WAN IP) until they setup their DDNS (Dynamics DNS) properly to get a fixed URL that will always point to the current WAN IP on your router. http://www.dyndns.org is one of the most popular provider of DDNS services for free.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Great stuff Wong! Thanks for taking the time to contribute.