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Interesting information. How much research do you actually do Techy before publishing your articles? I’m amazed, they’re so deep and helpful…
I write most of my articles from experience, but do occasional research to flesh out the topic. My first PC was an 8088 4.77Mhz machine and I have been learning ever since.
I have a development background, so much of computers comes easy for me. Today I am more interested in digital photography, archiving, and blogging. Many of my most recent posts talk about one of these subjects.
Regarding WPA-PSK: do not go for “easy to remember password”, since those are quite easy to crack. Changing “a” to “@” and “1″ to “!” does give you extra security, but it just prolongs the cracking time.
Go to random.org, generate a 63-character long password with uppercase, lowercase letters and digits. Then store it electronically somewhere (it’s always easier to copy-paste) and print it (using a font where you can tell a “zero” from “O”, “one” from “l”, etc.) – just in case. This is uncrackable using brute force password attacks, and since WPA is regarded safe as such, it should give you the comfort you seek.
Dear, i do forget my password for linksys ” WRT54GL” what i have to do
thanks
You will probably need to reset your router back to factory defaults, and then resecure it.
I have made a PDF avaliable on my website to help people secure there lynksys router
http://pc-breeze.selfip.com/files/HOW%20TO%20SETUP%20WI-FI%20ON%20LINKSYS.pdf
Thanks very much for your article!
It’s very clear and simple to follow. It realy helped me.
This web page is a bookmark staple for myself, and for helping friends secure their router.
Thanks so much for your thorough and concise explanation.
Where would I find the user ID?
The default user id is admin
If your router has never been configured (besides the stock configuration) its usually
http://192.168.1.1
user: admin
pass: admin
Yesterday I was unable to connect to my network. Long story short I reset my router but when I go in to re-secure it I can not change it off of “disabled”. As soon as I change it to WPA it immediately goes back to disabled. What am I dong wrong?
Your information has really proven to be helpful. I really enjoy reading easy articles leading straight to the point.
Thanks allot.
Thanks so much for this walk through – the details were spot on and I quickly secured my connection. I’ve left it unsecured for months because I just didn’t want to tackle the techy stuff, but you made it extremely simple. THANKS!
Several times I had my Linksey router secured using the steps outlined but later it had unsecured on its own.
Can you tell me why it’s doing this?
If your linksys router is going back to an unsecured network, it is most likely caused by interference (in my experience) Try changing the broadcast channel on your router from 6 to something else, like 3, 9, 12, etc.
It is ideal to do a scan with something like Netstumbler, with it you will be able to identify the most heavily used channels and the least used is the most ideal.