How to secure wireless router-AntiHack

Here you can do to protect your wireless network router and a few things:

1. To change the default password on your router

The first time you power on your router, then it should be the first step. The "password" or any password: straight out of the box, most routers have a lame password. It can not be undone before going on vacation is leaving the door open in front of your house. It is an invitation to bad guys. To change it.
Written somewhere. You, forget it (you probably do not need it that often, because) you have to push it again to reset is a small button. Keep in mind that destroys all the settings again. You have to re-set all of the configuration options.

2. Disable your router to a remote management option

Your router to disable the remote administration. If remote administration is enabled, your router can be accessed by anyone over the Internet. This option in their Internet routers and commission them to do so only suitable for people who do not manage other one. Most people can not do without it.

3. If you do not use it to disable the wireless option

Your computers, printers, and other pieces of equipment connected to the router via a cord, turn off wireless connection, or some documents to the router as "radio" to your router, it calls for. If you can not find the option in the router management interface, your router is very old, you should get a new. April.

4.To change your network name

They called her names as the names of the routers default SSIDs, come on. Some people change them. That's why you see so many named WLAN networks or Netgear. Name change. But I do not want to change it to something like Joe's network. This is your network, it is a dead Giveaway. But others will recognize that you can not choose a name. May.

5.Off SSID broadcast

Routers and other computer equipment out of the box "see" it can connect, SSIDs broadcast about the execution of the routers. But you can see the network, a wireless router so can everyone on price. Stop broadcasting it.
If you do, you remember the SSID to a computer to set up a new wireless connection must be entered each time. This is definitely an inconvenience, but it's a small price to pay for maintaining a safe environment. Be sure not to stop hackers in mind that with this single conspiracy. June.

6.Enable the encryption on your router 

 WPA2 (Wi-Fi, Protected Access 2), WPA (Wi-Fi, Protected Access), and WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A wireless routers use three types of encryption schemes. Is one of the most secure WPA2 and WEP scheme less secure. WPA2 only the latest routers available. It will be on if you use it. If it is WPA If not, see. It therefore less desirable to crack WEP relativamente desirable and what is easy. If your router supports WEP, but not all, use it anyway. It's still better than the encryption scheme.
If you choose to encrypt your wireless device Keep in mind that the plan should be supported. Select the WPA on your router, wireless network card, but you can only work if WEP, you will not be able to connect to your router. The solution, then, all the equipment you plan to use it or at least do not plan any new models do not support encryption of your choice, one of which is to upgrade old equipment. July.

7.Reduce the number of IP addresses

Most routers built - lticiecpi servers. The router connects computers and other appliances when they are in the DHCP server assigns IP addresses. A couple hundred pieces of equipment in a typical home router can support. But you have a DHCP server IP addresses that can reduce the number Dole. If you have two computers and a network printer, you have the number of IP addresses three problems can reduce your DHCP server.
You are wrong, this is not a fool-proof plan. If your computer has a pleasant, if a hacker can achieve it, is to fly an IP address. August.  

8.Enable MAC address filter

MAC address for each network interface card or a globally unique address that. MAC addresses from your computer equipment starts your router can be configured to allow any connections.
It is not easy to find the MAC addresses of your equipment. When MAC address filtering is disabled for the best way to get them to the router is to connect all your equipment. When you do so, you along with their MAC addresses listed on your router administration interface, you'll see all your equipment. Your reference page print. MAC address filtering enabled and then enter the MAC addresses from the printed page.
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