A guide to network security keys, the password for your Wi-Fi network

A network security key is basically your Wi-Fi password — it's the encryption key that your password unlocks to allow access ...
Small Business Computing

Wireless Security: Say No to WEP, And Yes to WPA

Back when the first consumer WLAN hardware hit the streets more than six years ago, they came with a technology called WEP, or Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP was ...
Ars Technica

Can't connect using WEP password to DLink DI614+ but others can (w/o a key!)

I'm working on this router here (a DLink DI614+) that has very basic 64bit (they use a short pwd) WEP security.<BR><BR>On an HP laptop (using XP's applet, not HP's) I select the correct key and type ...
InfoWorld

Don’t use WEP, say German security researchers

The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to ...
Network World

WEP key’s a work of art

Enjoy having friends over for drinks and Web surfing? Do you also value wireless security but are sick of repeating your WEP key over and over again for your drunken friends trying to get on the ‘Net?
JournalofAccountancy

Install Your Own Wireless Network

To help readers follow the instructions in this article, we used two different typefaces: Boldface type is used to identify the names of icons, agendas and URLs. Sans serif type indicates the names of ...
Ars Technica

How to set the WEP on a Palm?

This has been moved from another forum:<BR><BR>I admit I'm a PPC person and know just the basics of navigating my Clie UX-50, which I dearly love but frustrates me when trying to set the wireless ...
Time

Home Networking The Wireless Way

Start with your computers. Every PC, laptop and Apple computer in your house will need a wireless antenna, which comes in the form of a slim card, or adapter, that either slides into a slot or plugs ...