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D-Link DWR-111 User Manual
Section 4 - Security
It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless router before your
wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity before
enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling
encryption due to the added overhead.
1. Log into the Web-based configuration by opening a web browser and
entering the IP address of the router (192.168.0.1). Click on
Wireless
Settings
on the left side.
2. Next to Security Mode, select
WEP
Security.
3. Next to Authentication, select
Open
or
Shared Key
.
4. Select either
64-bit
or
128-bit
encryption from the drop-down box
next to WEP encryption.
5. Next to
Default WEP Key
, select either Hex or ASCII.
Hex (recommended) - Letters A-F and numbers 0-9 are valid.
ASCII - All numbers and letters are valid.
6. Next to
WEP Key
, enter a WEP key that you create. Make sure you
enter this key exactly on all your wireless devices. You may enter up
to 4 different keys.
7. Click
Save Settings
to save your settings. If you are configuring the
router with a wireless adapter, you will lose connectivity until you
enable WEP on your adapter and enter the same WEP key as you did
on the router.
Configure WEP
