securing my router

leedsboy

could anyone please help me.
i have a zyxel prestige 660hw-t1 router.
i can connect wirelessly but i can not secure my network.
any help appreciated.
thanks

Donnie

User Guide?

leedsboy

i have tried for hours ,have read user guide,posts but can still not secure it

Donnie

You should check to see if your Wireless card is WPA-PSK compatible. If it is....

On page 72 of the User Guide it indicates that you should choose 802.1x/WPA from the Router web interface. Enter the password of your choice.

When you attempt to connect wirelessly(say using Windows Zero Configuration), you will have to enter the same password.

Of course I have little idea as to the depth of your knowledge..

macman

What hardware?-eg USB wireless adapter, PCI wireless card, laptop with built in wireless? What OS, what encryption are you trying to set, what error messages do you get?
Give some basic info and people will be better able to advise.

nowtsquared

Once you have set the WPA passkey on the router you should not be able to connect to it wirelessly until you have set the same passkey on your PC/Laptop.

If it does not pass this test (i.e. fail) then something is preventing the passkey being accepted on the router - a problem can be that the passkey maybe restricted to the letters A-C and numbers 0-9 ( I haven't read the Manual) upto 52 characters long

You are of course saving the changes you made to the router's memory ?

leedsboy

i have a dell wireless wlan card utility.
i have little knowledge.
the test adsl(atm oam)loopback test failed.

DCFC79

leedsboy

what os are you running,

espresso

Have you configured the router while connected via the Ethernet cable? (page 41)

Have you entered a WPA or WPA2 pre-shared key? (page 65)

Get a long random key from here and save it to a notepad file so that it can easily be copied & pasted when required.

When you remove the Ethernet cable and then try to connect over the wireless link, you will be prompted to enter exactly the same pre-shared key before you can connect.

It's all explained in the manual but you have not explained exactly what you have done so far.