Important Elements in Setting Up a Wireless Router

When using a wireless router, you should set up a new SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a password; you can change them on the admin website your router company offers. If reading a manual, you can find the web address. Here are the steps about how to set up your wireless router with security.

  

1.  After logging on the admin page, go to the menu of wireless setting: use a ID and password written in the manual.

2. Change SSID and set up a password.

3. Choose a channel with an automatic or a manual way. If your Internet speed is slow, try to change a different channel with the manual way. Select one of channels (1, 6, and 11): the three channels are best and aren't disturbed. The U.S.A. allows channels from 1 to 11.

4. Select WPA-PSK2 (AES) because the setting of security is important: WPA-PSK stands for WiFi Protected Access-Pre-shared Key and AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. Security of WPA-PSK2 is more strengthened than that of WPA-PSK. If your router doesn't offer WPA-PSK2, choose WPA-PSK (AES) between AES and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol). AES is better than TKIP in security. Avoid selecting WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) because its security is so weak that you can be hacked into.