Learn how to keep your personal files safe from web-snoopers and secure your wireless network.


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How to secure you wireless network I got an email here at top five tips for using or running a wireless networks securely. I tell you this before we go into this. The secure wireless network out there is most likely a not wireless network. You are sending package of information over the airways kind of like Mike TV from Willi—. It is kind of like that and someone is bounded determined. They could snip your pockets and find out what you are sending back and forth. But there are various of levels of security that you can fly to your wireless network and I just keep on mind that you know your sending data out there. So, there is a possibility that it could be intercepted by button spice may have them lost there life in recent years. Hi Chris after years of mistrust about wireless networks and pre-abusive ethernet cabling. I am now adopted a wireless network in my home for a laptop to access to anywhere in the house. I have over the past done a lot of research and I have some tips for the community. They might want to consider in relation of the set-up and are use of wireless networks. Number one, incorrect it. First and most important consideration if you are thinking of running a wireless network is to make sure you have not left the network totally unsecure. When I say totally unsecured is no network is ever hundred percent secure in this is specially the case with wireless network. As they allow easier access to potential unsavory characters to get in. In this case the characters would be less alpha numeric and more you know mean people. In uncripted wireless connection can allow anyone with in a range of your wireless signal to immediately connect to it. Start using your internet connection for personal inter criminal purposes and also access any files you have may have shared in a hard drive on the machines connected to the network. There are many guides available on securing your wireless network on the internet and your routers manuals should also provide a guide in doing so. A lot of terminology and set-up options may first seem very technical to you. But in a couple of hours of research of set-up is valuable time to spend when your privacy is concerned. Some on my owned tips about securing you connection are avoid WEP if its all possible. It is old and some what flowed method of securing your network and can be compromised by an attacker in a matter of minutes, hours, second etc. This is not to say to avoid a completely if that is all that something may offer anything is better than nothing right? Use a strong key when prompted to enter one. Strong key is something random using upper and lower case letter and numbers and size of the link not the name of your pet gold fish that of course you pet gold fish has upper case and lower case letters and numbers. In which case will I feel sorry for that gold fish. For the more technical hiding your SS ID or filtering by Mac address will not alone be enough to stop an attacker as both of those procedure can be work around Mac address can be collected them spoof in the SS ID easily found. So encrypt that little device. Two be aware what you share most people using a wireless network or any network for that matter usually want to share files between computers on that network. Make sure you did not share any files in the share areas which are in many ways confidential or important enough that you would not want anyone to potentially see them. For example you might want share an MP3s on the computer but listen to another computer in you are in your house which is fine. However, sharing say a document with your bank details etc is in definite no, no. If totally unsecured, anyone with in the range of your wireless network can access those files with even noticing. Securing your wireless network will 99 percent of the stop the intrusion but as mention your wireless network is a hundred percent secure so just avoid sharing important files. I do not know if I ever put bank information to document either. Number three be aware of public hot spots and many wireless hot spots and coffee shop are in general wireless is everywhere and where there is a bundle of something they are usually some individual lurking about ready to exploit it. If you are thinking off or you do use this wireless hot spots there is something is to remember, do not share your files even if they are only MP3 and it still wise to make sure they cannot access anything on your hard drive. Make sure any of the sites you enter and login details are secure HTTPS this can normally be determine that way or with the padlocks symbol in your browser windows somewhere. This is because computer sharing the same network as you can with the right software see exactly what you are sending or saving over that network unless that information is encrypted because I will always never. I will always never access any site that requires login details at all over a public hot spot just for regular, I used just Google searching or chatting or what will not. This is also means that it possible for someone to snoop in on what website you are visiting or the email your sending. Be aware that the most secure sites merely secure the login details you enter after that everything is visible on the network so it is advisable to be a big conservative on what you do on the internet in those places. In a certainly wise idea you to wait until you get home to check your bank bounce online or to make an online purchase. Number four keep your computer up to date and behind a firewall. Making sure you have your computer operating system up to date a virus program installed that would be anti-virus program I believe and a firewall initiated in your machine should be something you should have implemented anyway. However, with the increase security risk of wireless network can expose you to, these things are totally essential for keeping you safe and secured. In also the case I found that user will often keep their main desktop computer up to date but they go with a laptop and they do not use this often. These laptops are likely the candidate machine that the user will be using to access a wireless network. Number five turn it off, simple yet most effective tip. If you are moderate user simply turned off you router Wi-Fi part of your router when you are not using it or schedule the wireless connection to only be on at times you know you will be using. If it is off then your wireless network is 100% safe, makes sense to me. All the best this is from latero_@live.pirillo.com.