User's Manual

29D-Link DIR-627 User Manual
Section 4 - Security
CongureWEP
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 conguration by opening a Web browser and entering the IP address of the Router
(192.168.0.1). Click Security at the top of the window.
2. Go to WEPEncryption and toggle Disabled to Enabled.
3. Go to 802.11Authentication and select either Shared or Open. Shared is recommended as it provides greater
security when WEP is enabled.
4. Go to NetworkKey1 and enter a WEP key (passphrase) that you create. The key is an alpha-numeric password
between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. Make sure you enter
this key exactly on all your wireless devices. You may enter up to four different keys either using hexadecimal or
ASCII. Hexadecimal is recommended (letters A-F and numbers 0-9 are valid). In ASCII all numbers and letters are
valid.
5. Go to CurrentNetworkKey and select which network key to use for encrypting outbound data and/or authenticating
clients.
6. Click Apply to save your settings. If you are conguring the Router with a wireless adapter, you will lose connectivity
until you enable WEP on your adapter and enter the same WEP key as you did on the Router.