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I feel a little dumb asking this question, but this rainy (NJ) weekend I finally got around to updating my old WEP security on my Actiontech (Verizon Fios) Router and my EnGenius ECB-350 AP.
Google searches indicated that WEP was old and no good, and that shared key was self defeating as it could help a skilled cracker.
So it seems that I needed to use WPA2-PSK (AES only so as not to loose speed) but I got stuck on using the passphrase or more correctly, how to generate the key for the wireless devices from the passphrase.
Did I miss something?
Meanwhile, I'm using WPA-PSK since it let me assign my own password.
Point me in the correct direction please.
Google searches indicated that WEP was old and no good, and that shared key was self defeating as it could help a skilled cracker.
So it seems that I needed to use WPA2-PSK (AES only so as not to loose speed) but I got stuck on using the passphrase or more correctly, how to generate the key for the wireless devices from the passphrase.
Did I miss something?
- Given I come up with an 8-63 character phrase and input that in passphrase for the AP, what next?
- Do I put the passphrase in for password for the device? Tried that once - didn't seem to work.
- Maybe it was a typo?
- How do I otherwise get the character string / password I need for the mobile device?
- I read that it continuously changes, how does the device know what to send.
- My manual goes on about Radius options but I read that that's mostly for offices.
Meanwhile, I'm using WPA-PSK since it let me assign my own password.
Point me in the correct direction please.