WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) allows devices to connect more easily, but it also opens your network to vulnerabilities. Disable ...

A new router can be the right opportunity for a better home network. Although it's tempting to simply plug in your new router to get online quickly, if you spend some time, you can drastically improve ...

On numerous occasions, and in our wireless troubleshooting tutorial, we've noted that turning off wireless security (encryption) or switching security protocols (from WPA2 to WEP or vice versa, etc.) ...

The WRT350N is one of the latest in the Linksys line of wireless routers. It has three main features that interested me: - Wireless-N support, for my new laptop, and Wireless-G for the rest of the ...

Ars Technica's original Wireless Security Blackpaper was first published back in 2002, and in the intervening years, it has been a great reference for getting the technical lowdown on different ...

The encryption key of your D-Link router is the only thing that separates your wireless network from would-be hackers, data thieves or bandwidth leeches. Although important for home users as well, it ...

I keep seeing people say that "WPA 2 supports AES and WPA doesn't," but I've found that to be untrue. Before WPA2 came out my Thinkpad could do "WPA/AES" instead of "WPA/TKIP" (the latter presumably ...

Wired Equivalent Privacy is one of the first encryption methods developed to secure wireless networks distributed by routers. The wireless antenna in your Dell laptop ...

Anyone who has ever set up a router is probably familiar with Wireless Protected Access, or WPA encryption. Now the stage is set for WPA3, an improved Wi-Fi security protocol that brings improved ...

WPA3 for Wi-Fi has arrived. So, what security measures implemented by the Wi-Fi Alliance differentiate it from the older, more common WPA2? Wi-Fi security has a long ...

AirDefense recently did a Wireless LAN security survey of New York City retailers where they declared two thirds of retailers insecure according to John Cox's story. According to the AirDefense survey ...