is there an easy way to secure a wireless router???

Answer 1

This is a generalized setup for a Wireless Router. It will help you set it up properly. Pay close attention to the Password requirements. Passwords are always you first line of defense. Weak password are as bad as having none.

Most wireless routers are configured through your Internet browser. So you must connect your wireless router to a computer.

Type your router's IP address into your browser's address bar. You can find the IP address in your router's manual. You'll be prompted for a user name and password. These will also be listed in your manual.

You want to use WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption to protect your network. You'll typically see this setting as WPA-PSK (pre-shared key). You'll be prompted to enter a password of eight to 63 characters--letters, numbers and symbols. The router will use the password to build an encryption key.

WPA2 is the latest and safest version of WPA. The only weak point of WPA2 is your password. So make it as strong as possible. Here is a tip that will help.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx

Your router may use WPA, the forerunner to WPA2. If so, be sure your password has at least 21 characters.

The earliest security standard is WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). Don't use that; it is easily broken. Check the router manufacturer's site for updates. If there aren't any, don't use the router to go online.

Now you must update your computers. Click Start>>Control Panel. Double-click Network Connections. Right-click Wireless Network Connection. Select Properties from the pop-up menu and select the Wireless Networks tab. You should see your network listed under "Preferred networks." Select it and click Properties. If it's not listed, click the Add button. In the box labeled "Network name (SSID)," enter your network's name.

Under Network Authentication, select WPA-PSK. Select AES under "Data encryption." Under "Network key," enter the same password you used for your router. You must enter it twice to confirm it. Make sure "The key is provided for me automatically" is not checked. Click OK>>OK.

Answer 2

Very easy. Log in to your router (type 192.168.0.1 as the address in a web browser like Internet Explorer). Poke around in the utility for wireless encryption, and activate it. Look at your router website for specific instructions.

Answer 3

Sorry to sound like a jerk, but RTFM, they are all different, basically you will have to go into the router and chose a passphrase etc, maybe implement mac filtering etc. Look on your particular routers website and they should have a manual for securing your router. To really help you we would need the make and model of your router.

Answer 4

Mine use Hexadecimal Encryption I can enter one to five different hexadecimal codes. BUT, you better remember what you do!!!!! It not like forgetting a password on yahoo. You forget and you may be buying a new router!!!