New Wireless Router, Need To Protect It.

[Honda_Boy]

Just snagged a deal at officemax. bro was there for a jump drive and spotted the router said 40 bucks he called me i ran out there it rung up 35 though heck of a deal considering belkin's price was 89.99. anyways, i want to keep people from accessing my router. I don't think the people in this area would ever do that cause say only 5% of people out here have enough knowledge to do it but still. My routers properties page has 4 options for encryption. WPA-PSK, 128bit WEP, 64bit WEP, WPA. what should i use if any.

I've tried to set it as WPA-PSK but when i click apply changes it doesn't do anything i go back to the routers home page and it says security is still disabled. THe router is a belkin of some kind.

Thanks for any help.

Edited October 10, 2005 by Honda_Boy

[pro1driver]

i found this sites page and maybe it'll shed some light for you, but if not, then hopefully someone else will be here for more advice.

[Parrotgeek7]

Just use WPA, assuming your wifi card / software supportsits. If not even wep will keep most people off your network, unless they have the knowledge and desire to crack it. ( in my experience...most people will move on to an easier target, especially in a home setting. A business is a whole other deal()

[Honda_Boy]

ok everytime i set a something like WPA-PSK or WEP, it won't activate. i click apply changes and go back to the routers homepage and it still says security is disabled. Why won't it work?

[Parrotgeek7]

did you change the password for the router? Most won't accept security settings with the default password.

[xxkbxx]

who cares if people steal your internet? lol

[Honda_Boy]

parrotgeek you are correct. i reset the password to the router, then security finally enabled this time. thanks.

Edited October 11, 2005 by Honda_Boy

[Parrotgeek7]

parrotgeek you are correct. i reset the password to the router, then security finally enabled this time. thanks.

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