If (s)he’s the kind of person who can’t figure out how to “get that lock” and that router’s LAN IP isn’t the default [192.168.1.1] – for example, [192.168.0.1]’s default on some Netgears I have, [192.168.2.1]’s default for at least one Asmax model – and maybe even something custom like [192.168.1.254], then we’re not out of the woods by a very long shot.
Chances that they don’t know how to enable an encryption, yet have a custom IP for their router seems slim to me.
I have also seen maybe one router that defaults to anything other then 192.168.1.1 (it was 192.168.0.1 – and a really old Netgear). I’m pretty sure IEEE decided on the standard being 192.168.1.1, or maybe the companies just reached the consensus on their own, because I haven’t seen a modern router default to anything else in a couple years.
i am very sorry to dig this corpse up, but i simply *have* to comment ^^
for starters, the FritzBox of german company AVM defaults to 192.168.178.1 and they’re pretty popular.
also, that guy clearly knows how to get into his router configuration if he’s able to change his SSID… ^^
and he actually should call geeksquad and pay them, because ppl that are as dumb as him should pay for not thinking about their problems…
in almost every router i’ve seen, you find the encryption settings in a menu that’s called “security” – and that’s where i would look first when searching for “the lock”…
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When I saw this before there was more to the conversation.
No. Don’t call GeekSquad. Just log into your router at 192.168.1.1 and enable WPA2 (w/ AES, if an option) encryption for your signal.
If (s)he’s the kind of person who can’t figure out how to “get that lock” and that router’s LAN IP isn’t the default [192.168.1.1] – for example, [192.168.0.1]’s default on some Netgears I have, [192.168.2.1]’s default for at least one Asmax model – and maybe even something custom like [192.168.1.254], then we’re not out of the woods by a very long shot.
Chances that they don’t know how to enable an encryption, yet have a custom IP for their router seems slim to me.
I have also seen maybe one router that defaults to anything other then 192.168.1.1 (it was 192.168.0.1 – and a really old Netgear). I’m pretty sure IEEE decided on the standard being 192.168.1.1, or maybe the companies just reached the consensus on their own, because I haven’t seen a modern router default to anything else in a couple years.
i am very sorry to dig this corpse up, but i simply *have* to comment ^^
for starters, the FritzBox of german company AVM defaults to 192.168.178.1 and they’re pretty popular.
also, that guy clearly knows how to get into his router configuration if he’s able to change his SSID… ^^
and he actually should call geeksquad and pay them, because ppl that are as dumb as him should pay for not thinking about their problems…
in almost every router i’ve seen, you find the encryption settings in a menu that’s called “security” – and that’s where i would look first when searching for “the lock”…