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D-Link DIR-626L User Manual
Section 4 - Security
WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK)
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
.Setup.
and
then click
.Wireless.Settings
on the left side.
2. Next to
Security Mode
, select
WPA-Personal
.
3. Next to
WPA Mode
, select
Auto
,
WPA2.Only
, or
.WPA.Only
. Use
Auto
if you have wireless clients using both WPA and WPA2.
4. Next to
Cypher Type
, select
TKIP.and.AES
,
TKIP
, or
AES
.
5. Next to
Group Key Update Interval
, enter the amount of time before
the group key used for broadcast and multicast data is changed (3600
is default).
6. Next to
Pre-Shared Key
, enter a key (passphrase). The key is entered as
a pass-phrase in ASCII format at both ends of the wireless connection.
The pass-phrase must be between 8-63 characters.
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 WPA-PSK on your adapter and enter the same passphrase as
you did on the router.
