Introduction to Wi-Fi Security

Wireless networks may be vulnerable to attacks and monitoring if additional protection is not employed. In order to protect data, many wireless networks employ security methods such as data encryption.  Data encryption makes it much more difficult to be able to see sensitive information like login names and passwords. Authentication is used to verify the authenticity of the user and encryption is used to encode plain text into a non-readable format to ensure a level of privacy. The receiver of this encrypted text uses a "key" to decrypt the message, returning it to its original plain text form.

To secure your Wi-Fi network you will need to specify a security method and an encryption key (password) to be used by anyone you wish to access your device's Wi-Fi network. For more information on Wi-Fi security methods and encryption keys, please see the following:

●   Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
●   Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
●   What is an Encryption Key?