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123.hp.com/setup - 123 HP Wireless Setup and Security

Check for the following setting on your Wireless router:

• Modify the manufacturer's default name for the network name (SSID) to a unique name.
• Modify login and password of your router’s admin user account to something unique and different from the default.
• Assign ‘ON’ or ‘enable’ to broadcast SSID which will be the default setting.
• Make use of WPA or WPA2 passphrase for security.
• The following security methods are not suggested for securing your network:
• MAC address filtering
• Disabling SSID broadcasting
• WEP key encryption. In case you require WEP, use in 'Open' mode instead of 'Shared' mode.

Choose (Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for the encryption type. It is the new and most secured method to encrypt data on any Wireless network. You should create a WPA passphrase consisting of at least 13 characters. To ensure strong network security make use of numbers, upper and lower cases, letters, and punctuation.

Record your Wireless settings, as you will need this information whenever you add any Wireless device to your Wireless network. For more queries, refer 123.hp.com for additional information. When the configuration of Wireless router is over, check that you click ‘Apply’ or ‘OK’ to save the settings. In case you are configuring an existing Wireless router that has Wireless devices connected to it, each Wireless device has to be configured with the new configuration window.