How to secure your wireless network

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TRENDnet User’s Guide

Wireless > Security

After you have determined which security type to use for your wireless network (see “How to choose the security type for your wireless network” on page 22), you can set up wireless security.

1. Log into your router management page (see “How to access your router management page” on page 11).

2.Click on Wireless, and click on Security.

3.Click on the Authentication Type drop-down list to select your wireless security type.

Wireless Networking

If selecting WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), please review the WEP settings to configure and click Apply to save the changes.

∙WEP– Choose Open System or Shared Key.

Note: It is recommended to use Open System because it is known to be more secure than Shared Key.

∙Mode – Choose HEX or ASCII.

Note: It is recommended to use ASCII because of the much larger character set that can be used to create the key.

∙WEP Key – Choose the key length 64-bitor 128-bit.

Note: It is recommended to use 128-bit because it is more secure to use a key that consists of more characters.

WEP Key Format	HEX	ASCII

Character set	0-9 & A-F, a-f only	alphanumeric (a,b,C,?,*, /,1,2, etc.

64-bit key length	10 characters	5 characters

128-bit key length	26 characters	13 characters

∙Key 1-4– Choose a key index 1,2,3, or 4 and enter the key.

Note: The Key Index # must also match when configuring wireless devices to connect to your wireless network.