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10 easy points!!!!! if you can help me and my brother with internet/computer problems please?

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ok my brother and i bought a router, it works perfectly i can use my ipod and my ps3.

my brother he lives what maybe 250 feet away from my house, and this are hard times money is going out of our pockets fast so to save money we have been thinking for him to use my wi fi signal all the way to his house.

the problem is we live in apartments, like i said we live apart like around 250 feet but there is an apartment building.

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ok imagine the bottom exclamation point is my apt

the middle part is another apartment building

and the top exclamation point is my bros house.

we need to find a way to make the wi fi reach all the way to his house but the middle part is a big building and there is some what trees.(i dont know why i "drew" but hey im bored)

yesturday he bought an antena or range booster what ever you want to call it, so far it does reach we do see signal but it is some what weak like 20 30% will that be a problem?

my router is a belkin N, his antena is a hawk G something like that is there any problem with that?

what else can we buy to make this work because we know he can have internet but its just the distance and the building that blocks half of the signal.

will it be cheaper if he just moves closer to my apt?

last question when we do get some signal and even when he is in my apt we try to go to internet explore but aol comes up how can we not make aol a default internet thing or something? and he locked his wi fi thing from his computer the one that came already with the computer he locked it, and he doesnt know how to fix it is there any way to reset it?

please help us out like i said 10 easy points, and please tell me with small words cause as you all can see im not a computer guy we both arent.

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  1. i have the same situation i solved the problem buy buying an antenna, they have ones on ebay that are made to get around this problem this is the link for it,

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2kM-Range-Extender-3...

    or

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Networking-USB-...


  2. A side point:  If you do manage to network your computers, because of the range (250 feet in all directions), securing your network will be a MUST, or you'll attract freeloaders like honey attracts flies.  Here are some security tips.

    Because routers differ as to details, I can't be specific about how to accomplish these steps, but they're almost all done from within the router's administration web pages. Note: It’s best to do them from a computer cabled (even just temporarily) to the router rather than wirelessly, especially since wireless administration will be deactivated by step #1.

    1. Deactivate wireless access to your router's administration web pages so only a computer connected via an Ethernet cable can reach them.  This won’t affect wireless use of the Internet, just wireless administration. Even if you don’t want to leave a computer connected via a cable, leave the cable there for when you need it.  Here are some horror stories of people who didn't:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

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    2. Turn off the SSID (network name) broadcast from the router.  There's no need to advertise your network's presence.  You're not running a hotspot; everyone who should be on your network should know its name.

    3. Change your SSID from the default.  Hackers know that routers come with default SSIDs and look for them.

    4. Set up encryption with an encryption key.  The longer, the better. WPA (if your network and all your computers can support 802.11G) is better than WEP.  WEP is better than nothing.

    5. Limit access to only the computers you want on the network via MAC filtering. (MAC refers to unique NIC (Network Interface Card) addresses, not Macintosh computers, and not IP addresses.)  This isn't a defense against hardcore freeloaders -- it's possible to fake MAC addresses -- but it keeps out casual interlopers.

    6. Change the range of and/or limit the number of automatically assigned IP addresses (DHCP) to reduce the chance of extra users.  Again, hackers know what ranges routers come from the factory with.  Changing them makes it a little harder to hop on board.

    Generally, to access your router’s administration pages, hook up a computer directly to the router and enter the router’s local IP address into a browser’s address window.  

    Here's how to find your router's IP address:

    1. Click on the Start button.

    2. Click Run...

    3. In the text box, type in  

    cmd

    and press Enter

    4. A black "DOS box" window will pop up.  Type into it  

    ipconfig  /all

    and press Enter.

    5. A bunch of seeming gibberish will fill the screen.  On the line next to "Default Gateway" your router's IP address should appear.

    That should go far toward hardening your wireless network.

    Good luck.

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