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Saturday 21 April 2012

How to Secure a Wireless Network

Today hackers are trying gain access to private data illegally. Stealing your bandwidth in case of wireless network will slow down your internet connection and even usage of data will cause more problems to you.
In the same way, if you are connected to an open network, you might be exposing your personal computer to security risks. Wi-fi network will be exposed more to the channels and your precious data will get lost at one go. It is necessary to make your wireless network safe and secure.

WiFi Security DOS

In order to make your wireless network more secured, you have to make sure that SSID should be changed at the access point. Default SSIDs are well known for intruders.
SSID ideally should not contain info about company name and location. Something innocuous or bland is best. You should also change the admin’s password. It is recommendable that you turn high level security that supports your hardware. Use WPA2 or WPA encryption if available.
Passwords should be of eight characters ideally. A random mix of characters, numbers, and special characters will help you in securing the connection. 13 random characters will be more encouraging in this case.
Few routers permit sleep periods feature, which is hard to hack.

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