I have a linksys wireless router. How do i prevent other people from getting into my settings?

Question

They can easily access my setting by typing 192.168.1.1 and type the given password (everybody with any knowledge knows the password) as a password. Any third grade hack knows that. How do I prevent others from getting into my network setting by changing the password to the ip address...

Answer 1

If you log into the router, you can click on Administration to change the password.

Other than this, if it is a wireless router, you can set up an allow-only MAC address filter, which means that only the computers you specify can connect to the wireless (there are ways around this, but it takes alot of work).

Otherwise the only way to get into the router is to use a computer that is directly connected, and must also know your new password.

Answer 2

Hi There
your linksys can be access only in you lan network if some one is typing the given address and the given password
to prevent this you can change the password of your router and keep in your memory

Answer 3

Change the default password. There is also a setting on certain linksys routers to prevent wireless devices from accessing the setup page. You can always connect to it with a network cable connection.

I suggest enabling if you are really concerned about security.

Answer 4

1) change the dafult router password
2) use the wup encryption to prevent others from makign connection to your router
3) i recomend using mac filtering as well..

if u have any more questions please im me at computertecknet

Answer 5

You Could use a Anti-Hacker or a Firewall