Secure Your Wi-Fi Network

Hi,

Here are few pointers to Secure Your Wi-Fi Network ,which People usually Ignore and become the victim.
As we all know that During Serial Blast took placed in India the Ken haywood, US Resident became the victim of this situation . His Wifi network was Unprotected and Terrorist used his network to send the Email .
As a result his IP was tracked down and he got in the trouble so i want to advice just take a few steps to protect your connection and it will protect you from Troubles.
Properly secure your WiFi network so that your neighbors do not tap into it?

Login to your Wi-fi Router or Modem Page mainly it will be:
 http://192.168.1.1/
 and Default id & password are likely to be admin.
if it is not such then check your Router's company Website and you will get the one there.
Do change these Default Id and Passwords also from Admin to some other.

Even Properly secure your WiFi network so that your neighbors do not tap into it?
Here’s a few pointers:

1. Disable the broadcasting of the network SSID

Broadcasting the network SSID can make it easier for attackers to guess your password, or for you to become the target of automated sniffing or profiling attacks.

2. Turn on the WPA2 encryption with AES

WPA and WEP are the older, less secure encryption standards. To get the best level of protection, in some cases, the best network speed (that is true with D-Link routers for instance), use WPA2 with AES.

3. Choose a complex password, with both Uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and a few special chars such as “#, ! and _”

A complex password will make bruteforce attacks unlikely to succeed.

4. Change the network password every now and then

This way, even if the password has been compromised, you can limit the amount time when the attacker can use your network. Make sure the password is not predictable, for instance, never use the current month, or, the current year.

5. Reduce the network power to a minimum that still makes it available where you need it in your house

By setting the network to the lowest power setting you make sure that your neighbors from 1Km away do not have any chance of trying to access your resources.

6. Consider purchasing a modern WiFi router, which fully supports WPA2, has a firewall and can have variable broadcast power.

Many old routers have broken WPA implementations or suffer from speed problems when using it. Additionally, they lack many security features. Consider buying a modern, flexible and secure WiFi router. Make sure you update its firmware often.


i hope you will take care of your Wi-Fi Network and Save your Bandwith from loosing out.


Tarun Kalla
aka
S34