I have a DLink DI-524 wireless router. Only security enabled is WEP. Have read several posts that WEP can be easily broken into. Is it possible to use WPA encryption with this?
I've checked the manual and there is no instruction on how to use WPA on this although as one of the features stated in the box its says "WEP encryption and WPA supported".
If WPA is not possible is there any other way to secure my network on top of WEP?
Thanks.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
The router support WPA, make sure you have the latest firmware. Then see if you can change the WEP key to WPA then enter your security key.
MAC filtering is little to NO security. Any scanner can pick up the MAC address in all packets sent. All packets sent contain the MAC address for identification. Run net stumbler and you will see. That is the way is separates clients. -
Thanks for the quick reply. How do I know I have the latest firmware? I guess I can get this latest firmware from D-Link's site. Is it easy to install the latest firmware? I'm not that tech savvy...
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Under the tools section is where you do it. Download the firmware to you pc. Connect to the routers admin page select Tools, then select the file to be up loaded. This must be done via a wired connection. They normally drop off the wireless during the process.
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Great. Thanks for the help.
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I checked the router. Even without upgrading the firmware WPA or WPA-PSK is supported. Which of the 2 is better?
If its WPA-PSK which encryption should I choose - TKIP or AES? Thanks. -
Went with WPA-PSK.
Thanks for the assistance blue68f100. -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
I think AES is the stronger security. WPA is strong enough if you use a good security key. I recommend going to www.grc.com and copy their random generated keys. I use all printable chr minus the double quotes ("). use the max chr allowed. 20 chrs will take more the 24yrs to crack by brute force at 100k/sec rate. So you will be plenty safe. Besides crooks want a easy target.
If you use the generated keys, copy and paste them from a notepad document. Other wise it may take several times to get it right.
WPA for DI-524?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by paj4x4, Jun 29, 2007.