Simple Guide to Protecting your home or office Business Network

I recently visited my brother and sister-in-law on vacation in Portland, OR. I brought my card to access the Internet, why not have a computer or the Internet. I did not need it as his neighbor was kind enough to open wireless access to tap water I could without a password. I resisted the temptation to look over their files and data. Many people are not so good.

You are effectively blocked from snooping eyes?

I asked my security libraryThe experts give me some tips to help our customers to help with this problem. Here are some simple tips to get the job done.

Three basic steps to a secure wireless home network, written by an IT geek who does this for a living.

By default, most home router no safety out of the box they created. This means that your neighbor can easily surf the wireless network and connect to the Internet without you knowing it. If this happens, they are the bandwidthYou pay for, freely surf the Internet. But not all. Place without the full security, routers and any device connected network (computer, phone, etc.) is visible for anyone to see That your wireless signal. From there it's super easy for a hacker to connect to your computer and view files, or even worse, steal / delete your data.

What to do? First, if you're not computer savvy and inconvenient to change the router, then atrusted family member or the changes for you. You can also documentation of the router (which can come in a PDF file on the CD that came with him). Here are some steps to protect your wireless home network.

To begin even to do is open the settings of the router with a computer program that is connected via Ethernet cable. To do this, simply open your Web browser - Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, or what are now the largest - and the address of the router192.168.1.1. Go ahead and enter your address bar (no, not Google-IT). Other marks are also 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.2.1. The documentation tells you what address to use.

Inside, as follows:

Before Change your SSID WPA2 Open.

Your SSID (Service Set Identifier is the abbreviation for that is simply the name of your wireless network) is what you connect to, access to the Internet. Out of the box, does not require a password toconnect to it (so it is open). Please log in, change the settings of the router and WPA2 security. This is the most secure setting, which is currently the most home routers. You must assign a security key (called a passphrase). And please do not include your name, pet name, father's name, street name, or any other common name, which links to you or your family. Do this at least 8 characters with a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbersand signs. Kj4 $ PM_r is a good example of a secure passphrase.

Some devices like a Wii do not support WPA2. If this is the case, we recommend WPA. Just do not use WEP is an older technology and not just safer.

According to non-broadcast SSID.

Who needs to know the name of your wireless network? She, of course. And someone else that you want to access the wireless network. But your neighbor is a need to know? Or the kind of unity throughYour house? Of course not. There is a setting to disable the broadcast of your SSID. Again, see your router documentation for how to change the make (or someone you trust to do so). Now nobody can your SSID to "network connections available" list to see.

Third Change your router's login password.

The next thing to do, change the password, you must type to access your router. For example, if you buy / Cisco branded Linksys router,would be his home and opening your Web browser go to 192.168.1.1 as I said before access. The default password is admin with the user left blank. The problem is, everyone knows that. So if you do not change, a hacker access to your wireless network (or even those who have obtained permits to access, giving them the password), you can type the above address, log into your router and play with his destruction of network. It will obviously change theI forgot my password! All routers have an area where you can make this change. See the router documentation (may be in a PDF file on the CD that came with him). Use the same rule of thumb, such as setting a password for your wireless SSID. (It should not be the same when)

After these three simple steps of your wireless network from most threats is to ensure the outside. While a clever hacker can bypass this security, do not bother you. There are too manyunsecured networks out there to waste, so no time hackers to penetrate the Average Joe's home network that is configured securely. Simply move the road to your neighbor's unsecured network.

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