Securing Your Wireless Local Area Network (Wlan) - Dell Inspiron 545 MT User Manual

Securing Your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

Change the Default Router
Administrator Password
Setting and Default
Wireless Network Name
(SSID).
Set up encryption.
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Networks (LAN, Wireless, Mobile Broadband)
Your wireless router uses an administrator password
and wireless network name (Service Set Identifier
[SSID]), which are set to default values by the router
manufacturer.
To improve the security of your wireless network,
change the network name and administrator
password to unique values using the router
configuration software, and change the administrator
password periodically.
When setting up your wireless router, enable data
encryption. The most common types of encryption
standards include:
• Wired Equivalency Privacy (WEP)
• Wireless Protected Access (WPA)
• Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
WPA and WPA2 encryption are more secure than a
password-based system because the encryption key
changes dynamically.
All hardware on your network must support the same
encryption standard.
To set up data encryption on the router, use your
router's configuration software.