Setting a password router d link. How to set a WiFi password: step by step instructions. Installing a security key for a wireless connection
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The proliferation of laptops, netbooks, smartphones, tablet computers and other devices that have in their functionality work in wireless networks, has led to the fact that every second apartment has its own wireless network. One of the most common devices for organizing a network connection and at the same time creating an access point for connecting to a wireless network is the D-Link DIR-320.
Setting a password for WiFi from manufacturers Asus, TP-Link, D-link, Zyxel, Beeline, Neatgear and other companies follows the same principle
It is an inexpensive piece of equipment that has everything you need to fully enjoy wiring free with a stable and stable network connection.
In order to put a password on WiFi, you need to first connect the router to the computer and then configure the router and then set the password for WiFi. To do this, you need to read the article on how, and also in the section "Configuring the Internet" you will find useful articles about how.
How to set a password for wifi
However, any wireless network needs to be protected. There are several ways to restrict access to wireless networks, the easiest to use and configure is password access.
To do this, you need to run easy setup access to the wireless network on the router and, when new devices are subsequently connected, provide the authorized users of your network with the password for access. It is recommended to change the password from time to time - who knows, perhaps at this moment one of your neighbors is trying to hack your network.
So how do you go about making all the necessary adjustments? We connect the computer to the router and go to the address assigned when setting up the network. This is usually 192.168.0.1
Worth noting
That the IP address of the router for some manufacturers may differ, for many routers, including D-link, the address is 192.168.0.1 for others it may be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2
If you are unable to access the above IP addresses, then be sure to go here and you will find the required address.
The router requests login and password:
If you have not changed anything, then the admin-admin pair will work, in some cases the password may be empty, or start with capital letter... Additional information can be found on the back of the device or in the documentation. If this is your first time logging in, the system will prompt you to change your password.
This is not the most good idea- as a rule, such passwords are forgotten and you have to reset the router to its original settings.
On the left side there will be menu sections that you can navigate through. We are interested in setting up Wi-Fi, so we will perform all further manipulations in this section.
First, let's check that the wireless network is turned on. In chapter " General settings "the wireless network must be enabled, here you can also view the point's parameters, for example, its hardware address.
The initial configuration of the access point can be done in the section " basic settings". Here you can hide the access point, then only those who know what it is called will be able to connect to it. SSID - point identifier, indicated by the next item.
The name can consist of Latin letters and numbers. You can also specify the country, select one of the channels, but in automatic mode the point will still work. Maximum amount clients value equal to zero means no limitation.
Don't forget to save your changes!
Password protection is set in the " Security Settings". In the illustration below, the most secure mode recommended by the manufacturer is selected, in addition, the password for access is also indicated here, do not forget it!
Other settings relate to the key encryption method and the key hash update period. If your device does not work well with the point, periodically reporting a disconnection, then you can try to set the value of the period to zero - perhaps the problem will disappear. However, in this case, the periodic password change becomes mandatory!
What the manufacturer recommends is of course good, but not suitable for all networks in our country, so you can use encryption
All that remains is to save the changes again, restart the router and connect using a password. Remember, your safety is in your hands, so keep it a secret!
If you already had a password on Wi-Fi and you decided to change it, but having changed it you cannot log in with a new password, do not be alarmed. You will need to delete your old one in the Wi-Fi panel. Wi-Fi connections and then update the connections, after that you can safely log in with your new password.
If you put a password on Wi-Fi for the first time, you do not need to do this. We hope that ours helped you set up WiFi security, we are waiting for you on our website, please, ask questions.
Wi-Fi nowadays is available in almost every home. However, do not forget that if the system is poorly protected, your personal information can be used by hackers. In order to prevent this from happening, take care of the security of the router, change the password regularly. In this article, we will look at how you can change the Wi-Fi password yourself.
Password rules
First, let's take a little look at what the network password should be so that unscrupulous people cannot crack it. The network password, when considered from a security point of view:
- should be like at least 8 characters;
- it is best when the security key is in upper and lower case letters, and also includes signs, symbols and numbers.
- never use your name or date of birth, a simple sequence of numbers as a password to the network.
If you yourself cannot come up with a password, then resort to the help of a special generator. It is not difficult to find it on the Internet, through search engine... You will be offered a variety of generators to choose from. Choose any. After choosing a password, remember it, or better write it down, for example, in a notepad.
Now you know a little how you need to make a password. Let's take a closer look at where you can check your current password and change it to your new browser security key.
Change password
We need to get into the router settings. This can be done through a web browser. To do this, enter the following numbers of the IP address in the address browser line: 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. Also, the IP address can be found at back side devices below, here is the login and password. If there is no information on the router, it can be found in the instructions supplied with the modem. 
There are situations when the user has already changed the password, but forgot it. In this case, you will need to reset the settings of the changed router to the original ones. To do this, press the "RESET" button and hold it for 10 to 15 seconds. After holding, the settings will be reset. The modem will restore factory settings. 
If for some reason you could not find any of the above IP addresses, then go to the menu " Windows Start". Here, at the very bottom, there is a line "find programs and files". Enter "cmd" into this line and press the "Enter" button on the keyboard. You will open command line... You must enter "ipconfig" into it. We find the line "Main gateway" - this will be the address of the router we need. 
If you still have questions, watch the video tutorial below:
Password change on popular routers
Changing the Wi-Fi password on D-Link routers
One of the most common Wi-Fi routers is Link. D-Link models can be found in a huge number, among them such as D-Link DIR-300 NRU and D-Link DIR-615, D-Link DIR-320 and D-Link DIR-620 and many others.
And so, we had a need to change our Old Password on new. To do this, type the IP address 192.168.0.1 in the address browser line and press the "Enter" button on the keyboard. You will see a window where you will need to enter your login and password to enter. If you have not changed them before, then the standard password and username are "admin". If you have changed it before, you must enter your own version.
The appearance may differ depending on the firmware version. Once on new page, go to me Wi-Fi - Wireless Setup... Next, go to Manual Wireless Connection Setup- Security Settings. Find the line "Network Authentication" and here we are looking WPA2-PSK... Found, opposite will be the line "PSK encryption key" and enter the Wi-Fi password there. We choose AES, which is located in the encryption settings, and then click "Change". Password changed successfully.
In your home ADSL router D-Link, the following models: D-Link 2600U or D-Link 2650U, D-Link 2640U. To change the factory password to your own here, you need to enter the following combination of numbers in the address browser line: 192.168.1.1. Next, go to the Wi-Fi tab and go to Wireless - Security(Security Settings).
Next step, find the line Network Authentication or Network Authentication and choose WPA2-PSK... Opposite the line WPA Pre-Shared Key(encryption key) enter the password from Wi-Fi. In the list WPA encryption find AES and select it. And finally, save the changes.
Changing the Wi-Fi password on TP-Link routers
Now consider the system Wi-Fi TP-Link and how to change the password of the router in it, for example, in the TP-Link WR340GD or TP-Link WR-741ND, TP-Link WR-740ND or TP-Link WR-841ND models and glad of others. Similarly, as in the above-described option, in the browser line, type the numbers: 192.168.1.1 Press "ENTER". A window will open in front of us where you need to enter your login and password to enter the system. The standard, factory login and password are the same - "admin", if you changed it earlier, then enter your own.
Next, depending on our router model, go to the menu Wireless or Wireless network... Then go to the section Wireless Security or wireless security... Once on this page, mark the section WPA / WPA2 - Personal (Recommended)... Here we find the line PSK Password, where we enter a new Wi-Fi password. To save the changed settings, press the button "Save".
Change Wi-Fi password on ByFly
Let's consider another way to change the byfly password.
Push the button "Start", select the control panel and there we find the network and the Internet. After that, we look for the Network Control Center tab and general access and click on it. In the new window that opens, on the left side of the screen, we find "Management of wireless networks" and click on it with the left mouse button. Then select the desired network, click on it right click mouse and select "C property "... The settings window for this network will open in front of you. Go to the tab "Security" and find the password from our byfly. After that, enter the network key here, it is specified in the router settings. It is done.
WiFi wireless is a great way to organize home network... You can connect to it not only mobile devices but also desktop computers. Thus, the number of wires in the house can be significantly reduced. However, WiFi network has one drawback. It is available to anyone within the coverage area of the access point. In order to minimize the risks associated with this, it is necessary to put a password on WiFi. In this article, we will tell you how to set a WiFi password on a D-Link router.
Step number 1. Go to the web interface.
Any router is controlled through the so-called web interface. The web interface is a small site that is hosted on the router itself. This site is used to manage the router and change all settings. Therefore, if you want a D-Link router, then you first need to enter the web interface.
To enter the web interface, open any browser and type in address bar... If you do not know at which IP address your router is available, then try 192.168.0.1 first, and then 192.168.1.1. In most cases, one of these IP addresses is used.
After you enter the IP address of the router in the address bar, you will see an authorization form to enter the web interface of the router. Here you need to enter the username and password from the router. Without this data, you will not be able to enter the web interface and put a password on WiFi.
At this stage, very often it turns out that the user has forgotten or does not know the login / password from the router. If you also find yourself in a similar situation, then the following tips should help you:
- If you have not changed the username and password for the router, then you should try to enter the standard username and password. In most cases, the following login / password pairs are used on D-Link routers: admin / admin, admin / password or user / user. Try them all, one after the other.
- If your router was set up by another person, then contact him and ask for a password.
- As a last resort, you can reset the router settings. After resetting the settings, you will be able to log into the web interface using a standard username and password. But, you need to take into account that after resetting the settings, the router will have to be configured again.
Step # 2. Go to the section with WiFi settings.
So, after you have entered the correct username and password, the router's web interface should open in front of you. Next, you need to go to the section with the wi-fi settings. On D-Link routers, this section is called "SETUP - Wireless Settings". In some cases, in order to access the settings, you will need to additionally press the MANUAL WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP button (see screenshot).
Step number 3. Change the "Security Mode" parameter.
After that, you will be presented with a page for manual setting Wi-Fi networks. If your router does not have a WiFi password set at all, then you need to start by changing the "Security Mode" setting from "None" to "WPA-Personal". This parameter sets a way to protect the WiFi network. The "None" mode means that protection is disabled and no password is used. Whereas "WPA-Personal" provides optimal security and allows you to set a password on Wi-Fi.
Step number 4. Set a password.
After changing the "Security Mode" parameter, we can put a password for WiFi on our router from D-Link. To do this, enter New Password into the "Pre-Shared Key" text box.
After you have entered the new WiFi password, all that remains is to save the changes. To do this, click on the "Save Settings" button. Usually, in the web interface of D-Link routers, this button is located at the top of the page.
That's it, you have set a password on the D-Link WiFi router. After rebooting the router, the changes will take effect and in order to connect to the Wi-Fi you will have to enter a new password.
If it so happens that your WiFi router provides an unsecured access point to the Internet, and you want your Internet to be used exclusively by you, then it will be useful to learn how to put a password on a WiFi router. Manufacturers such as: D-link, TP-Link, Zyxel and others. On the blog, I have already discussed this issue in several of my articles, but this article will differ in that I will not talk about one router model (as I did for an example), but several, and to be more precise, I will talk about the most popular manufacturers of routers.
Of course, I will not be able to cover the large circle of manufacturers that are now, but after reading the article, I think you will certainly have an idea of how to change the password for WiFi.
In order to protect your access point with a password, you need to configure the router by going to its settings. You will need to find out the IP address of the router in order to access its control panel.
How to find out the IP address of the router, login and password to configure it
The easiest way to find out the IP address of your router is to take a close look at its enclosure. Most often, the IP address is listed on it. It may also contain a username and password that you will need to enter the control panel. In addition, the IP address, username and password can be specified in the manual for the router. You can also see them on the official website of the manufacturer.
Here's an example:
If the described methods did not help you or for some reason turned out to be difficult to implement, then there is the most correct and accurate method for determining the address of the router. Go to the Network and Sharing Center. This can be done by clicking the icon in the tray of the Windows taskbar and clicking on the corresponding inscription.
Once in the Network and Sharing Center, click on the left "Change adapter settings", thereby opening the list available connections... Find "Local Area Connection" (if your router is connected by cable) or "Wireless network connection"(If you are connected to the router via a wireless connection, that is, WiFi) and by clicking on the icon with the right mouse button, select" Status ".
Then click Details. The router's IP address is listed next to the "IPv4 Default Gateway" line.
Attention! This method will help you when you can connect to your router via WiFi or cable. If you are only going to customize it, then this will not work for you!
If DHCP is not configured on the router, then read the articles that I gave above. There you will learn what needs to be done.
Now that we have found out the IP address wireless router, it's time to start setting it up. To do this, in the address bar of the browser, enter the IP address of the router and press Enter. The login page for the router control panel will open, in which we will need to enter a username and password. More often these values both fields "admin"... Manufacturers have options: admin and blank password, user - user, administrator - administrator, administrator and blank password.
But again, I want to remind you, so as not to guess, you can familiarize yourself with this information in the technical documentation that is attached to the router, or carefully examine the router at the bottom of it. Once you have access to the control panel, you can now move on to the main part of our procedure, namely, how to set a password on WiFi.
TP-LINK
How to set a password for WiFi in TP-LINK: on the left in the menu, find the "Wireless" section, the "Wireless Security" subsection. In the main part, select "WPA-PSK / WPA2 PSK". In the “Wireless password” field, enter the desired password (at least 8 characters). Click the "Save" button and reboot the router.
Now you need to enter a password to connect to your router.
ZyXEL
Going into the control panel of the router, we find on the left the section " Wi-Fi network"And in it we select the subsection" Security ". The Wi-Fi Security Settings window appears. Opposite the line "Authentication" we select from the drop-down list "WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK", and opposite the line "Network key (ASCII)" enter the password we have invented. Click "Apply" and reboot the router:
D-Link
Above, we have disassembled horizontal menus controls, and now let's look at the vertical ones from the D-Link manufacturers. How to set a password for WiFi in D - link: after opening the control panel, click "Wi-FI" and select "Basic settings":
In the window that opens, set the network name (SSID) and click "Change". This must be done if you have not used the WiFi function in your router. If your router has already distributed WiFi and you just need to set a password, then go to the "Security Settings" tab.
In this tab, you just set the password for WiFi. We select the type of encryption "WPA2-PSK", in the line "PSK encryption key" enter your invented password to the access point. Click "Change" and reboot the router.
Note: In each case, I told you to reboot the router after changing the password, and this point is sometimes very important so that everything goes smoothly. Sometimes, when changing the settings in the router, overlaps happen and for all the changes to apply, just in case it is better to restart the router. While this is optional, you should be aware of it.
It so happens that you did not buy a new router in the store, but borrowed it from a friend or bought it used. In this case, the default settings of the manufacturer can be changed in the router, that is, for example, the IP address, username and password for entering the control panel of the router can be changed. In this case, you need to reset the router settings to factory settings. How it's done?
Routers have a button on the back that is pressed with a thin object, such as a pin. With the router turned on, press and hold it for 6-10 seconds. After that, the IP address will again become 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, the login and password will receive the values "admin".
Important! Please note that all the settings of the router will be reset, namely the provider's settings, passwords, access points, IP addresses, etc. Therefore, before performing a general reset, write down or remember everything that may be useful to you.
We have just figured out how to put a password on a Wi-Fi router. Basically, all actions are the same: find the tab with the setting wireless, and then enter your password in the appropriate field. The main thing is not to rush, and everything will be fine! But before you set the password for the wi-fi in the router, you can see this password in Windows - this procedure is easier, so you do not need to deal with IP addresses, logins and passwords. About this way read the links given at the beginning of the article.
Video with an example of how you can set a password on WiFi:
Gone are the days when the Internet was connected to the PC only through a wired connection. All now modern gadgets support the Wi-Fi function and can work on a wireless network as well as with a direct wired connection! Almost every apartment uses a special device, a router, to meet Wi-Fi needs. These networks are mainly used for home or office services.
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The wireless network can extend over tens of meters, depending on the power of the router. And so that uninvited guests do not use your traffic, you need to know how to password-protect your Wi-Fi router.
How to put a password on a wifi router (password protected)?
In this article, we will consider the principle of changing the password, because regardless of the manufacturer, be it Asus, D-link, TP-link, Zyxel, it is identical. All the settings you have set can be easily changed, and even easier to reset to factory settings. It is necessary to realize the importance this action, because all devices are combined into a common local area network and the data can be accessed. Whatever happens, you need to protect the network with a password!
Changing the settings of the router is done through the web interface. On the same label on back cover router written "site", which consists only of numbers and dots (usually 192.168.1.1 or something similar). It must be entered into the address bar of the browser you use to browse the web. A window will open in front of you where you need to enter the factory login and password indicated on the same label on the back of the router. By default, they are set - “admin and admin”, respectively. As we have entered these data, we press the button “Log In”.
If someone changed the factory login and password of your router, or you simply forgot it, you can press the Reset button to return all the settings of the router (including the login and password for accessing its settings) to the initial (default) ones. Usually the Reset button is depressed and to press it you need to arm yourself with a match or a toothpick.
So, the site map has opened in front of you - this is the main menu for managing the router. Your task is to find the Security tab. After that we will get to the page where you will need to find the fields with the names “Password” and “Confirm the password”. Your task in each of the fields is to write the password you have invented. We'll tell you a little later which password is best for protecting your network.
After you have entered the new password in the two corresponding fields, press the Save Setting button. Ideally, change the login value by changing the standard “admin” to “hamer17” (for example), so the router will be more protected from hacking - now you know how to password-protect wifi.
Some users, after all the steps done, ask themselves how to change the password for wifi. Yes, exactly the same as putting it! You need to go to the sitemap using your password and login. And in the Security tab, write a new password value, saving it, that's all!
Even after changing the router password, do not forget to watch and use it for free!
What password should I choose for WiFi?
This is the most important point, which deals with protecting the entire wireless network system. There are often cases of hacking a Wi-Fi password by simply guessing it. Those. you need to use a password that no one would guess, which is difficult to guess. By the way, there are many programs for cracking (guessing) a password, but even they will not be able to guess a complex password, guess complex password will take them several decades. So, consider the basic principles of creating a password:
- Do not use a primitive password, drop the options qwerty or 12345 and the like!
- The password must contain both numbers, letters and special characters (*,%, #, etc.), then it is much more difficult to crack.
- Use information that is not related to you. Those. the year of birth or the address of the house you live in is not suitable for a password.
- Please keep the letters case in mind when creating your password. In other words, the password must contain both upper and lower case letters.
Attention! Your password must be at least eight characters long!
By leveraging data, you can protect your wireless network 100%. That's all, it turned out to be a question: "How to put a password on wifi?" not that difficult! Good luck in this difficult endeavor!
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