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WPA Encryption

How often should you change the charaters once set up? Weekly, monthly, or never?

I have noticed two other wireless signals in the neighbourhood!

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  • nickmack
    nickmack Posts: 4,435 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    For good security, you should change all your passwords on a regular basis.

    If you think someone may know your password then change it immediately, otherwise once a month should easily suffice for home routers.
  • Chippy_Minton
    Chippy_Minton Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    It isn't necessary to change a WPA password if you make it random and long - e.g. generate a 63 or 64-character random key at https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm by refreshing the page.
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