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Unsecured Wi-FI Connection warning
This week, I suddenly started getting an "Unsecured Wi-Fi Connection" warning (from Trend Micro Maximum Security) on my Samsung Galaxy Note 9. When I opened Chrome (on my PC) and went to the IP addre...
> [...] I suddenly started getting an "Unsecured Wi-Fi Connection"
> warning (from Trend Micro Maximum Security) [...]Ask Trend Micro?
> o WEP128
WEP has been vulnerable/obsolete for some years, now. Perhaps "Trend
Micro Maximum Security" now classifies it as "Unsecured".Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Changing Wireless
Security Settings". Select something with "WPA" in it. I'd probably
choose "WPA2-PSK [AES]".Then run around to all your wireless client devices, and reconfigure
them to use the new scheme. To avoid confusion, it might make some
sense to specify a new/different SSID ("wireless network name") when you
change the encryption scheme from WEP to WPA[2]. Then you'd simply be
adding a new wireless network on each client device.
> o Firmware (updated today but can't figure out what version it is)On a less obsolete router model, it's normally displayed on almost
every page you'd get from its management web site ("routerlogin.net", or
whatever). On your antique, it seems to be under Maintenance > Router
Status. Look for "firmware" in the User Manual.
Thanks antinode! A couple more questions:
- Do you recommend that I get a new router?
- If so, any recommendations?
> 1. Do you recommend that I get a new router?
Not if your antique does the job. A newer model would likely have
more features, and be capable of higher wireless-network speeds, but I
know nothing about your Internet service or your client devices, which
means that I don't know where your bottleneck is now, so I can't
guarantee that a newer/faster router would make any noticable change.
> 2. If so, any recommendations?
Nope. Depends on your environment/requirements. I'd definitely look
beyond Netgear, however.
Thanks so much antinode!