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Wireless ProtectionSecuring your home wireless networkRouters are the most important infrastructure equipment in your home. They are usually a small box connected to your phone or cable television line. They connect your home to the internet. Routers are also the way others can get into your home network. Every router sold comes with default passwords. Most manufacturers have one or two default passwords for their equipment. At a minimum, you should change your router's default passwords. The most common user-name and password for home routers is "admin" for both the username and password. A quick internet search will give you a listing of default admin passwords by router manufacturer. If you leave your router password at the default and your router allows remote configuration, anyone can connect to your router and reconfigure it. Most major router manufacturers are listed here. If you've never touched your router or are unsure, follow the link below to your manufacturers site and learn how to configure your router.
Once you know how to configure your wireless, you need to do at least two things:
Using Hotspots away from home
What is safe when traveling?The only truely safe option is to use your cellular data card ensuring it will not switch to WIFI™ or use a VPN service. (See Third Party VPN Reviews If you find yourself forced to use a questionable connection, try using only encrypted websites. Encrypted website URLs begin with HTTPS instead of HTTP. Unfortunately, unless the site offers https for everything, it will bounce back to regular http. |
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