best wireless router security type

by admin on February 6, 2010




best wireless router security type
Router security question.?

I have a Belkin N1 Wireless router, and I’m trying to add security to it, and it offers 4 types, WPA-PSK ( No Server ), 128bit WEP, 64bit WEP, and WPA (with radius server). I have no idea what any of those mean. help please. and which one is the best?

Wireless Router settings:
With a CAT5 cable hooked to the router; open a browser; in the address bar type 192.168.X.X (look in user manual for exact address for administration interface address) & find the Settings for Security (or similar):

Set for WPA (or WPA2 if your computers support this level) & AES.
(Use WEP only as a last resort: it’s apprentice work to crack).
Also;
Turn off ‘SSID’ broadcast (be sure to give your router a new name (nothing obvious!) & write it down; it will be needed to ‘Add’ your wifi network);
Disable: UPnP & QoS (unless using VoIP or gaming);
Enable: Router management username & bulletproof passphrase (not the same as Internet access password, which would be the PSK (pre-shared key)).
PSK’s should be over 7 characters; letters & numbers (mixed), not words.
Put this # on tape & put on the top of the router for easy access.

Note: Mac address filtering will prevent freeloaders, but will not deter committed hackers. Mac addresses are on the front end of packets, therefore un-encrypted & easily copied and used to ‘spoof’ packets; enabling a ‘man in the middle’ attacks.

You might want to also set (in ‘Connections’) as ‘always connected’ to prevent disconnects when there is no activity to or from the Internet.

Computer settings:
If you’re using Windows to configure your Wifi, go to Control Panel> Wireless Network Connections> Wireless Networks tab; here you’ll need to identify all wifi networks your system ‘sees’, and “Add” your newly named network which will NOT show unless you do; then for your own (or preferred) network, highlight it, then ‘move up’ to the top of the list: then, go to ‘Advanced’ button, tick ‘access points only’ and uncheck ‘Automatically connect to non-preferred networks’>close> OK

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