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<blockquote data-quote="stevo-m" data-source="post: 523499" data-attributes="member: 24408"><p>Thanks for your replies.</p><p></p><p>I don't know anything about WEP or WPA, however I've just logged onto my router's page and the only thing it mentions is WEP. I've set a password for it and it generated a key. I think that means it's password protected now, as I was disconnected and had to manually select my network from the Airport menu and enter the new key to access it. It's worked, but does this mean I'll now have to enter that key every time I turn on the computer? Or will it store it and only ask for it if someone else on another device tries to access the network?</p><p></p><p>I take it there's no way for me to use WPA if it doesn't appear an an option on my router's set up page?</p><p></p><p>What do I do about the SSID?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevo-m, post: 523499, member: 24408"] Thanks for your replies. I don't know anything about WEP or WPA, however I've just logged onto my router's page and the only thing it mentions is WEP. I've set a password for it and it generated a key. I think that means it's password protected now, as I was disconnected and had to manually select my network from the Airport menu and enter the new key to access it. It's worked, but does this mean I'll now have to enter that key every time I turn on the computer? Or will it store it and only ask for it if someone else on another device tries to access the network? I take it there's no way for me to use WPA if it doesn't appear an an option on my router's set up page? What do I do about the SSID? [/QUOTE]
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