Question 27: How do I secure my wireless network?. Dynex DX-WGRTR, DX-wegrtr - Enhanced Wireless G Router, DX-WEGRTR

Question 27: How do I secure my wireless network?

Make sure that you have completed the basic setup of your router before setting up security and all of your computers (wired and wireless) can connect to the Internet through the router.

To set up WPA/WPA2:

1. Click Security under the “Wireless” heading on the left menu. The Security page opens.

2. Open a web browser on a computer that has a wired (cable) connection to the wireless router. In the address field, type “192.168.2.1” (or the IP address you customized), then click ENTER.

3. Select WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) from the Security Mode list.

4. Select WPA-PSK for just WPA authentication or WPA2-PSK for just WPA2 authentication, or you may select WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK for WPA and WPA2 as the authentication type.

5. Enter your pre-shared key. This can be from 8 to 63 characters and can be letters, numbers, or symbols. This same key must be used on all of the computers that you set up. This pre-shared key allows users full access to your network including shared files and printers.

6. Click Apply Changes to finish. You must now set all computers to match these settings depending on the type of access you want them to have.

Notes:

If your wireless card is not equipped with WPA-enabled software, a file from Microsoft

(Windows XP Support Patch for Wireless Protected Access) is available for free download. This file only works with Windows XP.

Make sure that the wireless card manufacturer supports WPA and that you have downloaded and installed the latest driver from their support site.

To set up 64-Bit WEP encryption:

1. On a computer that has a wired (cable) connection to the Router, open up a web browser. In the address field, type “192.168.2.1” (or the IP address you customized), then click ENTER.

2. Click Security under the “Wireless” heading on the left menu. The Security page opens.

3. Select 64-bit WEP from the Security Mode list.

4. Enter your key by typing in the hex key manually, or you can put a check mark in Passphrase, then type in your passphrase.

5. Click Generate to generate four different hex keys.

A hex (hexadecimal) key is a combination of numbers and letters from A-F and 0-9. For 64-bit

WEP, you need to enter 10 hex keys.

For example: AF 0F 4B C3 D4 = 64-bit WEP key

6. Click Apply Changes to save the setting.

Caution: If you are configuring the wireless router or access point from a computer with a wireless client, you need to make sure that security is turned ON for this wireless client. If this is not done, your client will lose its wireless connection.

To set up 128-Bit WEP encryption:

1. On a computer that has a wired (cable) connection to the Router, open up a web browser. In the address field, type “192.168.2.1” (or the IP address you customized), then click Enter.

2. Click Security under the “Wireless” heading on the left menu. The Security page opens.

3. Select 128-bit WEP from the Security Mode list.

4. Enter your key by typing in the hex key manually, or you can put a check mark in Passphrase, then type in your passphrase.

5. Click Generate to generate four different hex keys.

A hex (hexadecimal) key is a combination of numbers and letters from A-F and 0-9. For 128-bit

WEP, you need to enter 26 hex keys.

For example: C3 03 0F AF 0F 4B B2 C3 D4 4B C3 D4 E7 = 128-bit WEP key

6. Click Apply Changes to save the setting.

Caution: If you are configuring the wireless router or access point from a computer with a wireless client, you need to make sure that security is turned ON for this wireless client. If this is not done, your client will lose its wireless connection.

Note to Mac users: Original Apple® AirPort® products support 64-bit encryption only. Apple

AirPort 2 products support 64-bit or 128-bit encryption. Check your product to see which version you are using. If you cannot configure your network with 128-bit encryption, try 64-bit encryption.

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