How to Protect TP-LINK Wireless Router

Network security is constantly increasing, so it is very urgent to encrypt data. How to prevent illegal users from accessing the wireless network, connecting your customers' computers, and obtaining privacy information. We need to know how to encrypt the 11n wireless network After configuring the 11n wireless network. Today I will introduce to you how to add a lock for the company's TP-LINK wireless router.

I. 64-bit key WEP encryption configuration method:

WEP encryption is the simplest method for wireless data encryption, and the corresponding 64-bit key is also one of the most commonly used methods. The following describes the specific method.

Step 1: The router Model in the TP-LINK 11n package is a TL-WR841N, we enter the device management interface through the default Management address 192.168.1.1 and the corresponding management account password. Then, select "Wireless Security Settings" under "Wireless Settings" to encrypt the wireless network.

Step 2: Select WEP encryption in the "Wireless Security Settings" option, and set the authentication type to "automatic". The WEP Key format is ASCII code. Next, select the key type, usually 64-bit, and enter a custom key information. After saving and exiting, the wireless signal sent by the 11n wireless router will be encrypted by WEP.

Step 3: After saving, we can see through the wireless signal scanning tool of XP system that the wireless signal sent by TP-LINK has changed to "Enable Safe wireless network ", in this way, not any user can connect.

Step 4: The "set wireless network for home or small office" button in the upper-left corner of the windows with the wireless signal scanning tool will automatically open the "use wireless network installation wizard ", click "Next" to continue.

Step 5: click "set new wireless network" when selecting a task, and then click "Next" to continue.

Step 6: Enter the SSID information of the wireless network, select manually allocate the network key, and click "Next" to continue.

Step 7: Enter the network key. This key is the WEP encryption information we set in the router. I just entered 11111, so I also wrote 11111 twice here. Click "Next" to continue.

Step 8: Set network options. Click "manually set network" and click "Next" to continue.

Step 9: complete the setup wizard and click "finish.

Step 10: when we come to the wireless signal scanning tool that comes with the XP system again, we will find that we can successfully connect to a securely encrypted wireless network.

Ii. WEP encryption configuration method for 128-bit keys:

Of course, the security level of the 64-bit encryption method described earlier is not high enough, and it may be cracked by illegal users, therefore, we recommend that you use the 128-bit WEP Encryption Method to Improve wireless security for the sake of security.

Step 1: Enter the wireless routing device management interface. Then, select "Wireless Security Settings" under "Wireless Settings" to encrypt the wireless network. In the "Wireless Security Settings" option, select WEP encryption and set the authentication type to "automatic". The WEP Key format is ASCII code.

Next, select the key type. Generally, 128 bits are used, and enter a custom key information. Here, we need to note that if you use 64-bit encryption, you need to enter 5 bits, if it is 128-bit encryption, you need to add 13-bit keys. After saving and exiting, the wireless signal sent by the 11n wireless router will be encrypted by WEP and the encryption key is 128 bits.

Step 2: to connect to the encrypted network, you only need to enter a 13-bit encryption key during the connection. Of course, the configuration is as follows in the upper left corner of the scanning window of the self-built wireless signal scanning tool in the XP system when the 64-bit is configured, "set wireless network for the home or small office" opens the "use wireless network installation wizard ". yes.

3. Configure WPA encryption to improve Wireless Network Security:

Readers who are interested in wireless network security must have seen articles written by the author about brute force cracking of WEP encrypted networks. It is no exaggeration to say that WEP encrypted wireless networks are not truly secure. At present, WPA encryption wireless network is the most secure, there is no way to crack, so the end of this article I will introduce how to configure WPA encryption in the TP-LINK 11n package to improve wireless network security.

TIPS:

In our TP-LINK 11n package, the wireless router provides an encryption method named WPA/WPA2, but this method of encryption requires the RADIUS server, the purpose of verification through the RADIUS server, this is not practical for most of our families, so we will not introduce it too much.

Step 1: Enter the wireless routing device management interface. Then, select "Wireless Security Settings" under "Wireless Settings" to encrypt the wireless network. In the wireless security settings option select WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption, authentication type is automatic, encryption algorithm is also automatic, PSK password to add your own, the minimum is 8 characters, the maximum length is 63 characters. The update cycle of the group key must be 120 seconds by default. Save the modification.

Step 2: click "set wireless network for home or small office" in the upper-left corner of the scanning window with the wireless signal scanning tool in the XP system to open the "use wireless network installation wizard ", other operations are similar to the previous 64-bit WEP encryption. You only need to select "manually assign a network key" in "Create a name for your wireless network ", in addition, you need to select the "use WPA encryption without WEP" option below.

TIPS:

As written by default in the XP system, WPA encryption is more secure than WEP, but some devices may be incompatible with WPA or do not support WPA encryption. This requires a detailed analysis of user problems.

Step 3: Enter the WPA-encrypted network key as required. The minimum length is 8 characters and the maximum length is 63 characters. The specific information should be consistent with the setting in the wireless router. Click "Next" to continue.

Step 4: After completing the setup wizard, we can see that the current computer has been successfully connected to "enable secure wireless network WPA)", so that our network transmission will become more secure.

TIPS:

To temporarily connect to or manually connect to the WPA network, you only need to find the network to be connected in the scanning window of the wireless signal scanning tool provided by the XP system and then double-click the key.

4. Connect to the encrypted network through TP-LINK management tools:

We have introduced how to connect to the corresponding encrypted wireless network through the wireless network signal and connection management tool provided by the XP system, however, in fact, TP-LINK provides us with more professional and superior performance of the official management tool, through which we can more easily connect to a variety of encrypted networks.

Step 1: the main program of the TP-LINK management tool in the supporting Nic drive disc, we can run the installation wizard.

Step 2: Select "Install client utility and driver" in the installation type, and click "Next" to continue.

Step 3: by default, the configuration of the wireless client is completed by the XP system, so during the installation process we also choose to hand over this feature to the TP-LINK wireless 11n device application.

Step 4: install drivers and management programs. The system Copies files to the local hard disk.

Step 5: After the installation is complete, start the management tool through "start-> program.

Step 6: If you want to connect to an encrypted wireless network, you need to switch to the "configuration file management" tab in the management tool and click "new.

Step 7: Enter the configuration file name, client name, and network SSID information.

Step 8: switch to the "Security" tab, where we can set connection parameters for various encryption methods, including WPA and WEP. Pre-shared key static WEP) corresponds to the previously mentioned WEP encryption method. Select the pre-shared key and click "Configure" to enter the key information.

Step 9: If you want to connect to the WPA network, select WPA/WPA2 PSK, click "Configure", and then enter the corresponding key information.

Step 10: The management tool also supports connection to the 802.1x type, which is the previously mentioned RADIUS method.

1. Detailed illustration of TP-Link Wireless route Configuration
2. Classic settings of TP-Link wireless routers