Setting up secure wireless for easiest new connection?
Just got my first ever laptop so I’m completely new to setting up wireless.
I was trying to configure a Belkin router to be secure but didn’t know what settings to pick. I’d heard it should be WPA so I picked WPA2-PSK with AES.
When I tried to connect my laptop Vista told me that it couldn’t connect and I would have to go into the settings and specify the type of connection (Sorry can’t remember the exact wording of the message). So I went into the settings for the connection and told it WPA2-PSK with AES
This all works fine now but in future I want any device that comes in (e.g. friends laptops) just to be able to connect immediately after I give them the password without going into settings. I assume this is possible?
Is it that I’ve setup the wrong encryption type that Windows can’t use without configuration?
Or what else could I be doing wrong?
I think you will find WPA-PSK without AES or WPA-TKIP will work just as well and without changes to the settings. It usually will connect with just the password being entered. As long as you use a good password it is almost as secure particularly in a “home” environment. Don’t forget the signal only travels about 100-150 foot so that is the limit of your exposure to hackers in the first place!
Use a real password no short dictionary words. Just do a search for “good passwords” to find easy ways to make one.
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