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On-line and protect your computer - How to protect your wireless home network

An application must be addressed if you want to install a wireless system at home, is safe. You want at least some effort to make it more difficult access to the computer network, especially those who want to be able to clean your computer to attack or steal your personal information. You can reduce these risks if you use the security features available, which are built in a typical wireless system should be used.

Perform the following pointswill help you protect your privacy when you use a wireless network, and implementation of all stages will help even more.

* The router username and password, what use other than to change the username and password to access more difficult for a hacker to your system.

* Control access with username and password: Most wireless routers have a mechanism called identifier broadcasting. It broadcasts a Service Set Identifier (SSID), or a signalExtended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) of the signal to every device in the vicinity announcing its presence. Change the default user name of a unique user name. For extra protection, set to require a password for access.

* Turn off identifier broadcasting: Hackers near you can use the radio ID to search for unsecured wireless networks. Clear this mechanism if your wireless router allows it.

* Turn off wireless networking when not in use: ifnot using the wireless network for an extended period, turn off or unplug. Hackers are authorized wireless access to the computer to gain if the wireless network is not operational.

* Use encryption: The most effective way for your wireless network from intruders safely encrypt, or climbing, the communication through the network. Normally the default setting, this system is off. Follow the instructionswith the wireless router or contain the information product support Web site of the manufacturer's website to activate the encryption. Turn on encryption to allow access only to users with the username and password correctly. If your wireless router does not have an encryption, the idea that not always. Two types of encryption are available: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption and security Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). The computer, routers and other devicesmust have the same encryption.

* Be cautious away from home: If you access the Internet via a public hotspot, do not use this connection for all sensitive personal information.

Depending on your system, you can not adjust the situation, all settings of the router. You can check the documentation for the router or ISP for more information about wireless security system.

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