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Originally Posted by 4X4
I don't have documentation (you mean the book that comes with the hardware?). I got this router from my dad who had it kicking around as he bought a high powered one because his house is too big for this older one.
No way he'll have the book that came with it.
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Yeah, you can download the router.
Tell us what kind of router it is.
It isn't a standard, but I've noticed consumer Linksys routers are found at 192.168.1.1 and dLink are at 192.168.0.1
And you will want the manual so you can go in and change the admin password ASAP. People like to wardrive (drive around finding open access points) and some of them will know the default passwords and get up to hanky panky, like renaming you access point to something "colourful" or even locking you out.
Then you will want to set up WPA if you can can. Turning off the SSID is a pretty useless step - you can still see there is a WAP and anyone who is interested isn't going to be slowed by a missing SSID for more than 30 seconds - a sniffer will grab the SSID pretty quickly. Encryption is the main thing.