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Title: How to set up set up the wireless network security.
Post by: jsnunez on January 05, 2011, 02:44:21 PM

Hi all,

I read the manual and went on the different options on my http://192.168.0.1 and as far as I understood to set up a wireless password you need first to select WEP or WPAx. I did not see page 63 from the manual Section 4 Security "Enter a password between 2-20 characters. The router will generate a passphrase or key based on your password."  where is it?


What I do not understand is:
  -  where do I enter the password that is going to be requested to the users who want to connect to my wireless network
 - does it have a minimum size?

please advise

Regards

Title: Re: How to set up set up the wireless network security.
Post by: alphanumeric on January 05, 2011, 03:01:33 PM

As an example go to

Setup > Wireless Settings > Manual Wireless Network Setup

WPA
WPA Mode                   : WPA2 Only
Cipher Type                : AES
Groupe Key Update Interval : 3600 seconds

Pre Shared key             :  <<<this is where you enter the password

Title: Re: How to set up set up the wireless network security.
Post by: DOS-man on January 05, 2011, 04:48:50 PM

Quote from: jsnunez on January 05, 2011, 02:44:21 PM

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What I do not understand is:
  -  where do I enter the password that is going to be requested to the users who want to connect to my wireless network
 - does it have a minimum size?

most hardware manuals these days are from people who arent good at the written word. Hence your confusion.  allow me to help.

Phrase, key, shared key are all the same as PASSWORD - with the minor exception that you are allowed to have a space in your password - and hence the word phrase is introduced. But they all mean password.
this link explains things very well but it might be more than you care to know - so read it later if you wish:
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Are-WEP,-WPA,-TKIP,-AES-and-PSK-In-Simple-Terms?&id=3684974 (http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Are-WEP,-WPA,-TKIP,-AES-and-PSK-In-Simple-Terms?&id=3684974)

you should try WPA2 with AES first. thats the latest and strongest security. that choice will require a password length of at least 8.  MOST laptops with builtin wireless made in the last 3 or 4 years will have this ability. Now if you find that one of your wireless devices cant handle WPA2 with AES then try WPA2 with TKIP. Next would be WPA with TKIP.

and last but not so least would be WEP. WEP works with just about everything, but its my understanding that the kid nextdoor might be able to hack it in one evening. Not too comforting.

SO I hope I helped more than confused.

The DOS-man