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what is wep, wpa key?
I bought a wireless router, a wifi but i dont know how to set it up. In installation they asking about wep/ wpa key what is it? and where can i find it. I dont know how to set this thing up. Please help.
3 Answers
- SoorajLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
These are methods to secure wireless network.
WEP is the easiest to configure and less secure among the two.
WPA is more advanced than WEP and has higher encryption.
- Mictlan_KISSLv 61 decade ago
WEP and WPA are the deafult protocols for security in Wireless and other forms of security.
You can make up a WEP key easy; WPA is a little bit more advanced. The Best Security systems that generate WEP and WPA keys will use a Base reference, then they generate a 128 bit, or above, key string. 128 bit string is the minimum you should aim for.
If your router can't generate a WEP or WPA key, look for a WEP/WPA generator, and copy that in to the Area. Since it is hard for those outside of advanced Maths to easily generate a 128 bit string.
- 1 decade ago
It is the encription key for your router, have a look in your router settings > security / firewall (look in the manual), alot of newer routers have the default WEP key printed on the base of the router.
