| Running a business from home has its
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| | to be setup on the client side manually.
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| advantages, including no commute, a more
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| | This feature may not be available on all
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| accommodating work schedule, fresh coffee
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| | equipment.
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| and home-cooked meals at any time you
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| | Setup your home wireless network router
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| want.
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| | to block anonymous internet requests or
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| But running a business from home using a
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| | pings.
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| home wireless local area network (WLAN)
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| | On each computer having a wireless
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| with your computer may lead to thievery
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| | network card, network connection
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| of confidential information and hacker or
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| | properties should be configured to allow
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| virus penetration unless proper actions
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| | connection to Access Point Networks Only.
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| are taken. As WLANs send information
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| | Computer to computer (peer to peer)
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| back and forth over radio waves, someone
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| | connections should not be allowed.
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| with the right type of receiver in your
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| | Enable MAC filtering. Deny connection to
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| immediate area could be picking up the
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| | wireless network for unspecified MAC
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| transmission, thus acquiring access to
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| | addresses. MAC or physical addresses are
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| your computer.
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| | accessible through your computer device
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| Here is a list of things that you should
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| | wireless network connection setup and
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| consider as a result of implementing a
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| | they are physically written on network
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| home wireless network setup used your
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| | cards. When adding new wireless cards /
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| business:
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| | computer to the network, their MAC
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| Viruses could be loaded onto your laptop
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| | addresses should be registered with the
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| which could be transferred to the
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| | router /access point.
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| company's network when you go back to
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| | Your home wireless network router should
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| work.
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| | have firewall features enabled and
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| Up to 75 per cent of home wireless
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| | demilitarized zone (DMZ) feature
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| network WLAN users do not have standard
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| | disabled. Periodically test your
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| security features installed, and 20 per
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| | hardware and personal firewalls using
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| cent are left completely open as default
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| | Shields Up test available at Gibson
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| configurations and are not secured, but
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| | Research Corp. web site. All computers
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| are made for the users to have their
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| | should have a properly configured
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| network up and running ASAP.
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| | personal firewall in addition to a
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| It is recommended that home wireless
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| | hardware firewall.
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| network router/access point system setups
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| | Update router/access point firmware when
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| be always done though a wired client.
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| | new versions become available.
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| Always change the default administrative
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| | Locate router/access points away from
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| password on your home wireless network
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| | strangers so they cannot reset the router
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| router/access points to a secured
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| | access point to default settings. Also,
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| password.
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| | locate router/access points in the middle
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| Enable at least 128-bit WEP encryption on
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| | of the building rather than near windows
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| both card and access point. Change your
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| | to limit signal coverage outside the
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| WEP keys periodically. If equipment does
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| | building.
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| not support at least 128-bit WEP
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| | You should know that nothing is 100%.
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| encryption, consider replacing it.
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| | While none of the actions suggested above
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| Although there are security issues with
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| | will provide full 100% protection,
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| WEP, it represents minimum level of
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| | countermeasures do exist that will help.
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| security, and it should be enabled.
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| | The good collection of suggested
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| Change the default SSID on your router
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| | preventative actions contained herein can
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| access point to a hard to guess name.
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| | help you deter an intruder trying to
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| Setup your computer device to connect to
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| | access your home wireless network. This
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| this SSID by default.
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| | deterrant then makes other insecure
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| Setup router/access points so as to not
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| | networks easier targets for the intruder
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| broadcast the SSID. The same SSID needs
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| | to persue.
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