How to secure conection to linksys router

Jun 17, 2008

- Go into the admin section of your router by typing in the IP address. By default it is:

Http://192.168.0.100

type in you user id and password, by default the user id is admin and the password is linksys.

Go to the wireless section and turn it on.

Select WEP encryption. I choose the lowest one because if you are using PDA and other lower end wireless devices such as phones, they usually don't have 128 bit encryption to them.

Pick a word or phrase you can remember, it will kick out a code in four different boxes. Select 1

That is the WEP key you will use on you wireless devices to get in.

Another way you can lock up your wireless network is call MAC filtering. If you have the MAC addresses to all of your wireless devices, you can add those to the table and set it for those devices to only get into the network. The mac addresses should be listed on every wireless network device either on the card, back of the PDA, or looking them up in the device settings.

If you go to linksys.com, it provides detailed instructions on how to setup the wireless networking on the router.