Setting up a secure wireless router

Hey, so I have a belkin g router and I was wondering how do I set it up with a password? I have comodo firewall if that helps...

 

You need to go into your router's settings. You will need to type an address in a internet browser to access them. Check out your manual as well as the sticky.

 

Good luck on your belkin, they have the highest failure rate of any.

Once you login, you will need to change the admin password. The move down to the Wireless security section. Change the SSID to something unique. Here you will need to select WPA(2) AES (personal). You will then be required to enter a security key. I recommend that you go to www.grc.com and use their password generator. Select the all printable chr one. Just copy the string to a notepad and save for further use. WPA can accept the full 63 chr string. Any length >20 chr will be sufficient. It will take longer the 20 yrs at a 100k/sec brute force attack. In most cases they hacker can just move down the block and find one in the clear. Now copy the key to the proper place, and save. I suggest that you keep the SSID in the clear, it cause more problems when hidden, but you can hide it later on once every thing is working. Now bring up your NB and have it search for available ssid wireless, click on connect and paste the key in. You should be good to go.

 

Amen to what blue68f100 sayeth - if you just got it, and still have the receipt, take it back, get a refund, and get a better router.