How to Secure your Wireless Network
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Today, almost every house and business in the nation is equipped with wireless internet. Unfortunately, though the low cost and easy set up of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are beneficial to most; the widespread use of wireless networks allows network intruders to take precedence over unprotected WLANs. To prevent these unwanted intrusions, take these simple precautions that will strengthen your security and reduce the risk of wireless hacking.
- Secure your wireless router and access point with a password. Many people skip this step and leave their network accessible by anyone in the vicinity. Even more people use the password feature but use passwords that are embarrassingly easy to guess. Think of a secure password that will prevent unwanted users with unwanted intentions.
- Don’t broadcast your Service Set Identifier (SSID). This way, when you or anyone near you goes to connect to a wireless network, the name of your network and the option to connect to it will be invisible. (more…)