PROTECT WI-FI NETWORK FROM HACKERS
Do you use a wireless network like Wi-Fi at your home or office? and afraid of it getting hacked by other people (hackers)? Now a day hacking has become a key stress or tension for the peoples and are you one among them getting stressed? Then now you don’t need to get worried about it, and let me handle that stress and problem, you just have to do is go through this article and try the stated tips by your own and learn How to Protect Wi-Fi network
Requirements:
1. Wireless Card (support promiscuous mode)
2. Access point with WPA2 and WPS enables.
HOW TO PROTECT WI-FI NETWORK
It is so simple just use the following tips to protect your Wi-Fi Network
1. USE WPA:
Many of the WI-Fi connections provides WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) for protecting your wireless network, but now a day it can be easily broken/hacked by the hackers by using a simple hacking suite within no time. So to protect your wireless network to the fullest you can use WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), and in this you have to make sure that WPS (Wireless Protect Setup) is disabled in the router’s settings. This is the Most Basic and Important Tip to protect your Wi-Fi Network
2. USE A STRONG & SECURE WPA PASSWORD
Always make sure that the password that you select for your wireless network is long and random so that it can’t be cracked / hacked by any kind of hacker. And to test how strong your password is you can use cloud cracker service.
In this service you will be asked some data and that you need to feed in (not the password), and then it will try identifying your password (it’s done in the same way the hacker tries to find out your password), if it fails to find your password then you are ready to use your wireless network and if it finds out your password then you have no other choice left other than changing your password. Make sure you simplify OT cybersecurity for better data protection and security.
3. SEPARATE NETWORK FOR GUESTS:
If you are indulged in a business which allows visitors to use your Wi-Fi then it is sensible that you offer a guest network. By doing this the visitors will be able to connect to the internet without getting access to your company’s internal network. This will effectively help you in protecting your company’s information and also from any kind of malware and virus affecting your network or system.
4. HIDE YOUR NETWORK NAME
Whenever you get connected with a wireless network first and the foremost thing you need to do is change its settings, as according to the default setting wireless network’s name is broadcasted to make it easy to find and connect. But Service set identifier (SSID) can also be set to “Hidden” so that no one except you will be allowed to view the name of your wireless network. Hence it helps to Protect Wi-Fi Network.
CONCLUSIONS:
With the help of these easy tips you can easily protect Wi-Fi network From Hackers.
Make sure that your firewall is turned on and you can also use antivirus and anti-spyware software from Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender on which you can totally trust.
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