Describes how to encrypt a vro.

This article describes in detail how to encrypt a wireless router. What specific operations should we perform? I believe that reading this article will help you.

1. enable WEP encryption on the Wireless Router

First, let's give an example to illustrate how to implement 128-bit WEP encryption. Now let's take a look at how to use this WEP Key to set up a wireless router.

Note: When configuring this part, it is best to use a wired connection to connect to the wireless router, because if you lose the wrong wireless key, you will not be able to use the correct key to connect to the wireless router. Like the preceding wireless router settings, use your Web browser to access the wireless router and click the wireless parameter label. Click Basic settings, as shown in. Enable Security Settings first. Select WEP for the row marked with security type.

In the key format, select hexadecimal, enter the key, and click Save. Write down this key. After you click Save settings, any computer connected to the wireless router will lose connection. This is normal, because you have modified the communication mode between them and the wireless router, but you have not told them what security key they want to use to access the wireless router.

2. Enable WPA encryption on the Wireless Router

To compare with enabling WEP encryption, we will introduce how to enable WPA encryption in another example. Enabling WPA encryption is similar to enabling WEP encryption, but it is a little different that before enabling WPA encryption, you must first determine how long the encryption key is valid. For example, if you set it to 1800 seconds, it will take 30 minutes. After the key is used for 30 minutes, the wireless router and the wireless network interface will generate a new key. If a hacker cracked the key within 30 minutes, it would take less than 30 minutes for the key to be valuable, because it has become another new key after 30 minutes, hackers will have to start cracking again. The following is an example of WPA configuration on a wireless router.

In wireless parameters, choose enable security settings, select WPA-PSK, select Security Options WPA-PSK, select encryption method, and enter the PSK password. Enter the pre-shared key where the key is marked with a WPA shared key, and how long the key will be updated when the key is updated. In this example, select 1800 seconds. Click Save settings.

Note: How long should we set the Key Update Time? There is no good answer. If you set it too short, for example, 1-2 minutes, security is indeed improved, but for some NICs, this may lead to some connection problems. We recommend that you use the default value of the manufacturer. To enable WPA encryption, we also need to inform every wireless network adapter of the Super password so that they can know how to decode the call with the wireless router. Set each machine in the wireless home network in sequence. Remember to check whether the machine is connected to the wireless router each time.

Troubleshooting Tips: wireless encryption

If some computers cannot re-establish a session, check the following items: Make sure that the encryption method of the wireless router is the same as that of the wireless network card. Confirm that the phrase used to generate the WEP Key (or WPA key) is the same in the wireless router and wireless network card. This password phrase is case sensitive. For example, "p" and "P" are different. Therefore, you must carefully input the settings and note the differences between uppercase and lowercase letters. If the problem persists, disable encryption in both the wireless router and the wireless network card, and check whether the connection can be established if encryption is not enabled.