Secure Your Wireless Network - TRENDnet TEW-733GR User Manual

TRENDnet User's Guide

Secure your wireless network

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
wireless security.
1. Log into your router management page (see
on page 22).
2. Click on Wireless, and click on Security.
3. Click on the Authentication Type drop-down list to select your wireless security type.
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network" on page 11), you can set up
"Access your router management page"
Selecting WEP:
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-bit or 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
Character set 0-9 & A-F, a-f only
64-bit key length 10 characters
128-bit key length 26 characters
TEW-733GR
ASCII
Alphanumeric (a,b,C,?,*, /,1,2, etc.)
5 characters
13 characters
12