Is someone stealing network? As the owner of a wireless network you want
to protect it from the hackers and freeloaders. read this post and go
ahead. In this short paper, we're going to go through 5 steps to secure
a home wireless network.
2. Enable MAC Filtering
a) If you've never logged into your wireless router,
look up the make and model of the router, and find the default IP Address, username,
and password, then login.
b) For example, if your wireless router has a default
IP Address of 192.168.1.1, default username of admin, and default password of blank.
Login by doing the following:
2. When prompted, the username would be admin, and
the password would be blank.
c) If the router's password is still set to the default
password, it is important to change this password to something else to keep an intruder
from effectively kicking you off of your own network.
2. Enable MAC Filtering
This is probably the easiest way to keep intruders off of your
wireless network although the least secure. You can enable a White-list of MAC Addresses
and then only the MAC Addresses that you specifically put into this list will be
able to use your Wireless. You'll have to remember this if a friend comes over
and tries to use your wireless network.
3. Enable Encryption
It's important to use encryption on your wireless network. Not only does it keep intruders off of the network,
it also keeps eavesdroppers from listening in on your network traffic. The two major
types of wireless encryption are listed below. Please also note that any encryption enabled on
the wireless router must also be enabled on each Wireless Device that needs to connect
to the internet.
a) WEP – This is still the most common type of encryption
enabled on most wireless routers. Please
note that this can be broken by serious hackers in about 2 minutes, but will keep
out most neighbors and passerby's.
b) WPA2 – This is becoming the most common type of
encryption and is enabled on most new wireless routers. WPA2 is much more secure than WEP and has not
been compromised yet, but is not available on some older types of Wireless Devices.
Deciding between WPA2, WEP, or MAC Filtering
WPA2 Encryption is the most secure method for keeping intruders
off your network. If you have older devices that will not support WPA2, WEP is encouraged.
If you are unsure how to setup encryption, MAC filtering is
least secure, but easiest to setup.
4. Disable SSID Broadcasting
This option decides whether people can or can not see your
wireless signal. This is not necessarily recommended because although this will
keep your network invisible to the common nosy neighbor, it will not protect your
network from any serious hackers. It can also make setting up your own devices on
your wireless network more difficult. So,
it's good to know how this works, but always use encryption
and don't rely on just disabling SSID broadcasts to keep your
network secure.
Download and Install Who Is On My Wifi Software onto a desktop
computer that is always on at your home or office. Who's On My Wifi acts as a detection
engine by scanning your network every few minutes to see if anyone has gotten onto
your network. People could get in by breaking
WEP encryption, faking through a MAC Filter, somehow breaking WPA2, or by good old
fashioned hard line plugging into your router directly instead of connecting through
the wireless. Monitoring for intruders
is the final step in securing a Wireless Network.
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