Most of us are familiar about connecting our cell phones, laptop or tablets to wireless networks. Wireless connections are established by creating an internet access point such as modem or router which further sends the signal to the Wi-Fi enabled devices. If you are not aware about how to secure your wireless networks, then you need to gear up and protect it since hackers can find their way to launch malicious attacks on your computer through your wireless network.

1. Most of us are familiar about connecting our cell phones, laptop or tablets to
wireless networks. Wireless connections are established by creating an internet
access point such as modem or router which further sends the signal to the Wi-Fi
enabled devices. If you are not aware about how to secure your wireless networks,
then you need to gear up and protect it since hackers can find their way to launch
malicious attacks on your computer through your wireless network.
Empower your encryption
If you are looking for ways to secure your wireless network then enable encryption
on your router. This will be the first step that most experts will prefer to do.
Information will be scrambled while encrypting which is contained in the messages
between the router and the device. Restriction will be imposed on open access from
the other user. Wired Equivalent Privacy and Wi–Fi Protected Access are two types
of encryption method. It depends upon the user that which method they choose to
protect their wireless network.

2. Plenty of flaws have been shown by WEP in the past few years which was
established in late 90’s. Since WEP is better than WPA, but most people would
likely choose WPA 2 as it would be a better choice for the encryption method
because it is more secure then the WEP. Choose the password after you have
enabled your encryption. Try to keep the password longer as it will be harder for
the hacker to guess. Keep in mind that the ways of enabling your encryption on
the router will vary according to the manufacturer and model so, refer to their
website if you face trouble.
Firewall need to be turned ON
The best way to stop unwelcome intrusions to your network is to turn on your
router’s firewall. Most of the wireless routers come with the firewalls built in, but
they have to be turned on. So, it is necessary to check out whether the firewall is
actually on or not.
Access the channel using MAC Address
MAC addresses have to do nothing with apple products. In a wireless networks,
MAC stands for Machine access code which is a unique identification for each
device.

3. Filter access option will be provided by most of the routers through which only
those device will be able to access the Wi-Fi who have been preapproved by you.
Though the MAC address of Windows operating system and MAC OS X varies but
it is not difficult to find either. It might be possible for the hackers to clone a MAC
address in order to fool router, so filtering the MAC address should be used in
tandem with the security measures.
Default name of the network should be changed
Service set Identifier is known as the network’s name. List of the name of each
network will be provided as you connect to the wireless network. Default name is
given to the routers so it is optional to provide your own name or not. The network
should not be named after anything personal or a family member.
Change default address
Wireless routers come with preset passwords. It will be a easy job for hackers to
guess the password of your network as most of the routers come up with the default
password from the factory. It will be harder for people to crack down the password
if your password contains upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.

4. Avoid Remote Administration
Security modifications will be made through wired connection as you disallow
remote administration. People will not be able to change the settings of your Wi-
Fi, if they are going to access your Wi-Fi. This option is located in your routers
administrative settings.
These tips will provide you better understanding of securing of your Wi-Fi
security in order to avoid the leakage of your personal information.
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securing-your-wireless-network/