Sky router password help

[johnny h]

I have changed the password on my router for wireless connection but there is no password for connection via ethernet cable.

Is there anyway of setting one up for that and how will it affect my games consoles ethernet connection.

Im not very tech savvy so cheers in advance

[Isitme]

There is no way to set a password for ethernet. To use this you need physical access to the router to plug the cable in. This is considered more than enough security.

You can set a secure Admin password in place of 'sky' which will stop others with ethernet access making changes to the router.

[johnny h]

Oh ok cheers.

Is there anyway is there anyway to configure the router to allow certain devices such as laptop, console, smartphone etc and deny all other devices (wireless or ethernet)?

thanks again

[Smithy99]

The easiest way would be to use MAC filtering, this will then only allow devices that have been setup in the router. Once you have done this, change the router login and password so nobody else can get in to add more devices etc.

[johnny h]

Will MAC filtering prevent ethernet access? If so how do I go about this?

[Isitme]

Filtering will not prevent ethernet access, the only way to prevent this is to pull the plug out. By the way, MAC filtering is another way of saying use the Wireless Station Access list. Click Settings then the 'Set up access list' link and follow the instructions.

[DesertRaven]

In 'LAN IP Setup' of the router you could use the 'reserve address' feature to give each of your devices a specific IP address (fixed by MAC address) and then limit the DHCP range to only those devices - that way if anything else wired/wirless connects it won't get an IP address and therefore won't work.
Or keep a large hammer next to your router

[Isitme]

that way if anything else wired/wirless connects it won't get an IP address and therefore won't work.

It will not give out an address, but any device with an IP address in the routers range entered manually will connect. ie if you reserve .2 to .4 and put the ending range at .4, anything with an address of .5 to 254 will be able to connect. The only way it would work is if the address range of the router was changed and kept secret.