A network security key is basically your Wi-Fi password — it's the encryption key that your password unlocks to allow access to the network.

Most people have never logged into the router to play around with the security settings. They just leave on the default option, and that’s fine for most situations because the majority of modern ...

Wi-Fi Protected Access is a Wi-Fi security technology developed in response to the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy standards. It improves upon WEP's ...

So my dad has gotten it into his head that WEP is too insecure to tolerate (despite living in a sparsely populated and quiet suburban area). So he bought a new router which supports WPA, but then ...