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How to ban wireless Internet Access?

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How to ban wireless Internet Access?

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There are two possible answers based on the information you have given: If you want to stop one computer connecting to the network wirelessly, the best option would be to log into the wireless router and enable encryption – WEP should be fine for just simple level security. The laptop will be able to connect to other people’s networks though – if you want to ban it completely on the laptop, the easiest option would be to disable the connection (Right click on the connection in “network connections” (in XP), and click “disable”) and then deny access to network settings using gpedit.msc – google this for more information. If you want to stop people connecting to a wireless router that you own, enable encryption on it and enable any security options it gives you to make it harder for people to access it (selecting to not broadcast the SSID and enabling MAC address filtering are good options). Refer to your router’s handbook on how to access it, but usually it will come with a disk with so

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