| To secure your wireless network, you need to | | | | Secure Your Wireless Network: SSID: Another |
| make extra efforts. Installing a wireless network | | | | important factor needs to be taken care to |
| is much easier than installing a wired one. | | | | secure your wireless network is SSID. Every |
| However, security matters are most difficult to | | | | wireless network has its own name. This name is |
| tackle. Here are some simple tips on how to | | | | known as Service Set Identifier or SSID. The |
| secure your wireless network. | | | | basic requirements to choose SSID is that it |
| Secure Your Wireless Network: Passwords: | | | | should have at the most 31 characters in length |
| Wireless network always asks you to enter a | | | | and you have to set all computers connected to |
| password when you try to configure different | | | | the network to use that name. There are two |
| settings of the system. Default passwords set by | | | | main points that you should take care of make |
| the manufacturers are very simple and anybody | | | | your wireless network more secure. First, you |
| can easily guess them. When you install a new | | | | should make some changes in the name to make |
| wireless network, you must change these simple | | | | it unique by using a name having both letters and |
| passwords in to passwords that no one can | | | | numbers. The name should not be an indicator to |
| guess easily. You should choose such passwords | | | | tell personal details of you or your wireless |
| that require efforts and skill to detect and make | | | | network. The second one is that; when you |
| hacking difficult. For example, a lengthy password | | | | successfully connect all the computers on the |
| that contains both numbers and letters is ideal to | | | | network, disable the broadcasting feature. When |
| prevent hacking. | | | | you keep broadcasting feature enables, you leave |
| Secure Your Wireless Network: IP Address: | | | | your wireless network open for the new |
| Default Internet Protocol or IP address of wireless | | | | computers. |
| networks is also very easy to guess. This | | | | Security of your wireless network is also related |
| address contains some number like 182.157.3.2. | | | | with DHCP. DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration |
| The user of a wireless network gets entry in to | | | | Protocol has made connecting new computers to |
| configuration utilities with the help of IP address. | | | | the wireless network very easy. DHCP has made |
| Moreover, the wireless network in turn uses this | | | | connecting new computers to the network easy |
| IP address to connect it to WAN and LAN | | | | because it automatically assigns Internet protocol |
| connections. From the security point of view, it is | | | | address to it. However, at the same time is has |
| essential to change IP address. Although, it does | | | | posed a severe threat to the security of the |
| not guarantee that your wireless network is now | | | | network. To prevent intrusion you should either |
| safe from the hackers. However, it can stop | | | | disable the DHCP or set the maximum limit of the |
| those local users who try to intrude while scanning | | | | computers that can be connected to the number |
| the network just casually. | | | | of computers you already know. |