As with any personal computer, security is a must. Especially if you do a lot of on line banking and pay bills on line. In order to better protect your privacy and financial records, wireless security is a must.
You will need to access your wireless router's configuration. There should be a section for Wireless security, then there should be a section for MAC filter. Can't give specifics as you didn't mention the brand.
I would recommends the Wireless Mighty Mouse by Mac.
It's called MAC filter. It allows to create black or white list depending on what you need.
MAC filtering
A Mac's airport card connects the Mac to a wireless network. If the Mac is turned off it will not be connected to the network.
You need to log in your router, and enable security for wireless networks.
Check the wireless network properties, one of settings is security for wireless networks. If you want a definite answer you need to show your router's model.
yes, you can... it has no authentication .. all router settings can be left default - just add a mac filter for your wireless security and hide the SSID of the wireless network
You need to disable security option for wireless networks in your router settings.
MAC address filter is a pretty secure way of rudimentary network security. Enabling it makes the network available only to know devices. However, this leaves it vulnerable to MAC address spoofing.
The honeywell wireless security system is one of the best security systems on the market. In fact it is what is used by most companies when installing a new system.
You have at least two different options:1st: you can use so called "MAC filter" either black or white list. Black list does not allow certain MAC address, white list allows only certain IP addresses.2nd: you can use secured networks. To activate this option, you need to log on your router, go in wireless properties and choose security you want to use. It's recommended to use WPA2-PSK (AES), if you have something lower than that, use MAC filter along with wireless security activated.