Router BEFW11S4 v2 Wireless Security Becomes Disabled

Hello: I have a BEFW11S4 router. I recently enabled the wireless security on it. I used WEP with a passphrase. Everything went fine. I was able to connect with the key. The problem is that when I came back later, the wireless security was disabled again. So, I enabled it again. I came back a little later and it was disabled yet again. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

make sure that the router has the latest firmware....if not , upgrade it...after the upgrade, reset and reconfigure the router...

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