7 Steps that Secure Your Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network in Home

7 Steps that Secure Your Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network in Home

I am Using Wi-Fi in my home and office ,one day its speed reduced ,reason i don't know,called cable operator ,he told me ,some one else sharing data without my permission ,even if i do my best to keep unauthorized users away from my networks, but i got news on that Wi-Fi access points and routers can provide a convenient way for hackers to log in. without altering cables anywhere on your computer, mobile phones, tablets and other wireless devices,Wireless networks (WiFi) make it easy to use the Internet

If You have wired networks, then there is no way to access your bandwidth, but when there is a wireless signals that time there will be a problem that is  others can access your Internet when they are in a neighboring building or sitting in their home out of you building.

How do you Affect?If others access your Wi-Fi Network

You would have been paying monthly Internet bill other than the normal monthly common Bill.

It reduces your Internet Speed, since your work will be postponing.

You might have been face security risk because there is chance to hack your computers and access your personal files through their own wireless network.

Wireshark is a free package tracking tool for Linux, Mac and Windows that can scan the traffic flow, even if it is a wireless network, which includes cookies, forms and other HTTP requests.

Steps to Protect Your Wi-Fi Network from neighbors 

Is there any way to control hackers and unauthorized users ,yes there are some simple tips that stop others from stealing your Internet and prevents your computer from being controlled by hackers through your own wireless network.

Go to your router's configuration page

First of all, you need to know how to access the configuration of your wireless router. You can usually type "192.168.1.1" into your web browser and then enter the correct username and password for the router. It may be different for each router, so check your router's user manual first.

Some cases ,you could lost the printed manual that you got when you purchased the router,in this case there is a solution which you can use Google to find manuals for most online routers.

For your reference, here are the direct links to some well-known brands of routers

Linksys, Cisco, Netgear, Apple AirPort, SMC, D-Link, Buffalo, TP-LINK, 3Com, Belkin.

Step 2. Create Highly confidential password on your router

Your first aim should be router's default password have to change immediately.This is the basic thing when you first time logged into the router.


By doing this ,you can stop accessing the router ,You can change Admin Password by using the Administration Settings on the Router Settings page.


Mainly wireless routers, modems, switches and other network devices default user name and passwords Database.Using using the Administrator Username and Password,you can easily discover from the database that you can access the factory default settings for LinKsys devices.

Step 3.Update or Change Your Network’s SSID name

The wireless network name that is The SSID default name is the common  router's brand name which you must be change to make your Wi-Fi secure.

There are available Wi-Fi scanning tools that are SSIDer (Windows) and Kismet (Mac, Linux) which allow others to find all the available Wireless Networks in an area even if the routers SSID names are Confidential.

Do not use your name, address or other personal information as the SSID name.You can do this step setting on basic wireless settings in your router’s settings page ,Once this done, you will always be sure that you are connecting to the correct wireless network.

Step 4. Make Sure Your Network Encryption is Enabled

I found various methods to encrypt your wireless settings ,which are WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2), and WEP, WPA (WPA-Personal) .Here WEP is most common and basic method which can compatible with variety of devices including older hardware and Most safeguard WPA2 is compatible with hardware's of 2006.

Go to the wireless security settings on your router’s configuration page.

Select which security method you want to choose;

In case of older devices, select WEP, or select WPA2.

Create a passphrase which should be critical to identify to access the network

The tools AirCrack and coWPAtty are friendlier for hackers to theft keys of WEP / WPA (PSK) using tricky applies.

Step 5.Add your Own MAC Address

Filter MAC Addresses Even if you have a laptop or a mobile phone with Wi-Fi, all of your wireless devices have a unique MAC address, as well as a unique IP address for all computers connected to the Internet.

Find your MAC addresses and then add them to the MAC address filter in your router's administrative settings.

You can find the MAC address of your computers by opening the command prompt and typing "ipconfig / all", which will show your MAC address next to the "physical address" name.

What do bad guys use? Someone can change the MAC address of their own computer and easily connect to their network, as their network allows the connection from devices that have a specific MAC address.

Using a tracking tool such as Nmap, anyone can determine the MAC address of their wireless device and change the MAC address of their own computer using another free tool, such as MAC Shift.

Step 6.Update Router's Firmware Version whenever You Need

You can find the current firmware version of your router from the router board at 192.168. *. Connect to your secure wireless network, MAC address filtering with WPA2 encryption is probably the best way to secure your wireless network.

After you enable different security settings on your wireless router, you need to add new settings to your computers and other wireless devices to connect to the Wi-Fi network.

If you ever want to connect a new device to your network, you need to find its MAC address and add it to your router.

If you want to allow a friend to connect to your wireless network at the same time, you can remove your MAC address from the router settings when you leave your place.

You can choose to have your computer automatically connect to this network, so you don't have to enter SSID, passphrase and other information every time you connect to the Internet.

Your wireless network is now very secure and intruders may have trouble intercepting your Wi-Fi signals.

If you are concerned that a stranger will be connecting to the Internet using your wireless network, try the free utility airsner that searches for DHCP requests, including unexpected MAC addresses on your wireless network.

You save electricity and the door for wireless piggy backers is 100% closed.

Step 7.Reduce Your wireless signal range

Decrease Wireless Signal Range If your wireless router has too much range and you are staying in a small apartment or home, you can consider reducing the signal range by changing your router's mode to 802.11g or using a different wireless channel.

You can try to keep the router under the bed, inside the shoe box, or wrap the foil around the router antennas so that you can somewhat limit the direction of the signals.

From the above steps ,I  have discussed ,how to safeguard your wireless network from hackers,unauthorized users and cyber crime people to protect your Wi-Fi.


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