Fear not, though. There is much you can do to protect themselves.
/> 1) Change your administrator password />
Before you do anything, the administrator password on your router. Each model of router is preconfigured with a default password, and hackers know. Especially so simple For someone Hop on your network, in full control of his administrative rights and devastating />
2) Stop sending the SSID of your network and change its name
your Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name of your network, and if people know what your SSID know it's easy for them to find your network and connect to it. Your router broadcast its SSID, and broadcast telling passersby a network there. There is also a name. So if you are off SSID broadcasting authority, you are not too easy to keep casual users go see your network. But do, by itself, will not necessarily solve the problem. Even if you shift the network to stop the name, the person may still be able to connect to your network. This is because the manufacturer usually sends their wireless router with the same generic SSID. So, even stop broadcasting your SSID, intruders can easily guess the name of your router and login. To solve the problem, first change your SSID name, and then hide />
3) Enable encryption />
Wi-Fi networks are incredibly comfortable and incredibly easy to Spy. All data going over the air to your PC and between your PC and the Internet is easy for anyone nearby with simple, off-the-shelf software such as packet sniffers snooped. Using encryption is the most important step to protect your home or small office network.
/> 4) Protect yourself with MAC address />
Another way to protect your wireless network so that only certain computers to connect, and the prohibition of all others . To do this, you are filtering by Media Access Control (MAC) addresses, and so on, you tell your router to only allow certain MAC addresses on the network and keep all the other
5) Turn on your network if you do not use />
A simple precautions can go a long way toward keeping you safe: just turn off the router, if you do not use your network. The less time your wireless network, blurred hack.
/> 6) Check for wireless intruders />
One can never be too safe, so even if you put all of these tips, it is a good idea to check your network to see if intruders made their own way. And if you have not checked all of this advice, taken all the more reason.
