Securing Your Wireless Network

Published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by yasiyasajyxoi | E-mail this post

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You can setup your security by follow these steps:

Change default admin password on wireless router/access point to a secured password.

Change your WEP Military Discount Sea World periodically.

Change the channel your router uses to transmit and receive data on a regularly basis.

Use encryption such as WEP and WPA. If equipment does not support at least 128-bit WEP encryption, consider replacing it.

Change the default 17 Inch Snow Tire on your router/access point to a hard to guess name. Setup your computer device to connect to this SSID by default.

Setup router/access point not to broadcast the SSID. The same SSID needs to be setup on the client side manually. This feature may not be available on all equipment.

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Full information can be found at my Free PC Security blog.

Colin Richards

Free PC Security

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