| There are more and more individuals
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| | Privacy (WEP) encryption on both your
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| opting to work from home than ever
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| | access point and network card. From time
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| before. The advantages to this are many
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| | to time change the WEP key entries. If
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| including avoiding the morning and
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| | your hardware does not support a minimal
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| evening rush hours, being able to spend
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| | of 128 bit WEP encryption, then it may be
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| time with your kids and significant
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| | time to replace this dinosaur. WEP is
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| other, and doing everything on your own
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| | only a minimal security precaution, which
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| time. Though the pitfalls are many, the
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| | is better than none at all.
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| one that I will be focusing on in this
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| | 4. Alter the factory default SSID on the
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| article is that of setting up a secure
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| | access/router point to a convoluted
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| wireless network for your home based
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| | difficult to guess string. Initiate your
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| business. Right now somewhere out there,
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| | computer to connect to this configured
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| there is someone with a receiver waiting
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| | SSID by default.
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| to pick up on an unsuspecting person's
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| | 5. Setup your access point not to
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| wireless local area network. Their hope
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| | broadcast the SSID if available.
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| is to garner some sensitive information
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| | 6. Block off anonymous internet requests
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| that may lead to identity theft, and
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| | and pings.
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| stolen proprietary business information.
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| | 7. P2P Connections should be disabled.
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| Most businesses owners are not
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| | 8. Enable MAC filtering.
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| technically inclined, though they may be
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| | 9. Enable firewall on the network router
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| power users, in general security settings
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| | access point with demilitarized zone
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| is not one of the first things they want
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| | function disabled. Enable client
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| to mess around with in their day to day
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| | firewalls for each computer in the
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| operations. This makes most wireless LANs
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| | network.
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| a great target for information predators.
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| | 10. Update router and access point
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| Here are some general guidelines to
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| | firmware as updates become available.
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| follow in setting up your wireless
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| | 11. Make sure the physical router is
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| network. Though it may vary from vendor
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| | hidden so that a random person can't
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| to vendor, the gist is more or less the
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| | reset the settings.
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| same:
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| | 12. Position the physical router near the
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| 1. Setup the wireless access/router point
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| | middle of the establishment as opposed to
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| via a wired client.
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| | near windows to prevent others outside
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| 2. Always change the factory setting
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| | from receiving the signals.
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| password to something difficult for
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| | These and other settings will
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| someone to guess.
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| | collectively help prevent any unwanted
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| 3. Enable 128-bit Wired Equivalency
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| | intrusions on your private data.
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