I have a Netgear WGR614 v6 wireless router which I have recently begun to use wirelessly for my wife's work laptop. There is also a desktop connected to the router via cat 6. Both machines are running XP SP2 with all updates. I have the router set as follows & want to be sure I'm doing all I can to maximize security on the network:
- File sharing is OFF on both PC's
- Router setup password has been changed to 14 random characters
- Router updated with most recent firmware
- SSID set to 13 random characters
- SSID broadcast is OFF
- WPA-PSK activated w/10 random character passphrase (tried a longer passphrase, but Windows Networking seemed to have trouble with it, kept defaulting to a shorter phrase). Key lifetime is the default 60 minutes.
- Access control is ON with the MAC addresses for the 2 PC's being the only ones entered.
We live in a fairly remote suburban area, so I don't think the threat of "wardriving" is what it might be in a more populated area, but I still want to be sure I'm doing all I can in terms of security.
TIA
Dan