WEP Key

chipmunk

Hi guys,
My husband wants his work laptop to be able to get online at home via our wireless router. When he switches his laptop on, it detects our wireless network but when we click to connect to this, it's asking for our network (WEP) key.

Can anyone tell me how I can find this key? When I installed the router (o2) the software automatically detected all the settings so I didn't physically put a network key in.

Thanks for your help

piggeh

It's normally on a label on the underside of your router.

chipmunk

You're right! It works. Thanks so much.:j :beer:

bookduck

WEP is VERY unsecure, but better than nothing. Change it to WPA if poss! You may need to phone up youe isp support, if you are unsure of how to do it.

esuhl

Yes - there are freely available tools that can crack WEP passwords in minutes. WPA is far more secure (if you use a non-trivial key), and WPA2 is even better.

nomoneytoday

On the flip side, there are usually people with no security at all, which is even worse IMHO

chateauneufdupape

What is a non trivial key?

espresso

chateauneufdupape wrote: »

What is a non trivial key?

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studiorex

espresso wrote: »

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Quite lengthym but surely someone could guess that???