How to secure your Wi-Fi Network?

With wireless networking, it has become very easy to connect various devices like computer, mobile, tablet etc to the internet at same time.  Additionally, It it is now possible to avoid clutter of cables. However there are many advantages of using a wireless network, but one should never forget everything has its pros and cons.

With the traditional wired method, it was not easy to steal the internet data but with wireless networks one can easily access the internet connection using broadband connection or by stealing the password. Stealing of Wi-Fi may lead to many problems like:

1. If you are paying your monthly internet bill on the basis of data used per byte, then you may have to pay more money for the data that you actually have not consumed.
2. Your Internet speed will also be affected as your connection will be shared with multiple users.
3. Your personal information can also be at risk.

You definitely wouldn't want that any of the above things happen to you. Here is how to secure your Wi-Fi connection from being stolen by unauthorized users. Follow the tips and make your wireless network safe.

How to secure your Wireless Network?

1. Change your Router security settings

To start with, go to the router’s admin dashboard and change the settings of the wireless security mode. You may change it to WPA2, WPA or WEP. Once you did this, your Wi-Fi network becomes secure and no one will able to access your network without having a password.

2. Use MAC Address Filtering

With the MAC address filtering option, you can select and set only the white listed device to access your Wi-Fi network. All you need to do is, go to your router’s dashboard MAC filter section and add the unique MAC addresses of all the devices that you want to allow for accessing the wireless network. Once the settings are done, only white listed devices will be able to connect to your Wi-Fi network.  

3. Make a strong password

Reset your Wi-Fi password and create a stronger password that can’t be guessed or hacked easily. Use upper and lower case letters along with special characters and numerals to make your password stronger. Avoid using passwords like “admin admin” or “admin 1234” that can be easily guessed.

With the above tips you can successfully protect your Wi-Fi connection and can also enhance its performance. If you have further query or issues, you may contact our router support team.