How do I make my wireless network secure?

Answer 1

use a password that has nothing to do with your name or address.

Answer 2

depending on the make you should have an address to type in the address bar usually a series of numbers like (192.000). and so on, this information will be found in the users manual it allows you to set up the built in firewall and WPA or WEP functions, set it at the routers highest level. If it is a BT voyager it will all ready be secure and your password is on the bottom of the unit.

I have a belkin and the instuctions are on a pdf on the installation disk but you can download from most wireless routers manufacters websites for free

Answer 3

you have several choices. The popular one is WEP. Go into your router's menu system and look for the 'security' option. Choose WEP, and enter a 'password'. Most routers will use this password to generate a number of 'Hex Keys'. Select one of the keys, write it down then hit the 'save and reboot' option in the router.
Then go to each device that is connecting wirelessly, and look at the messages from Windows. It will say some thing like 'this wireless network requires a key'. When you try and connect, windows will ask for the key. Enter it exacly as you wrote it down. You have to enter it twice. After that, Windows will use it every time it tries to connect to the router.

Some routers will force you to enter the WEP yourself in hex.
Dig around on Google for examples of what a valid WEP hex Key looks like before attempting to enter one yourself.
Good luck!

Answer 4

you may find that your wireless network is secured,look at the back of your wireless router and look to see if you have a w.e.p(wireless encryption protocol) or w.p.a key,this will be a letter followed by 9 numbers
however if you havent got security built in to your router it would be best to buy a new router with built in security
i have a bt home hub which is w.e.p enabled and i change the w.e.p key every 4 days,this makes sure i am 100% secure,even if a hacker manages to crack my w.e.p key,i will change it probally by then
a good make of wireless routers is netgear(http://www.netgear.co.uk/home_wireless_broadband_routers.php) and also belkin(http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=204037)
but check your existing router first before you buy a new one
good luck

Answer 5

at the moment wireless networks are not secure, whatever you do, i watched this programme and these people sat in a van outside this blokes house and he was on his "secure" wireless connection and they used some software thats readily available on-line and hacked into his network and saw when he was going on holiday, so they found out, with basic equipment when his house would be empty, so to cut a long story ... er long, it's not secure

Answer 6

Enable WEP or WPA encryption. Usually you can type http://192.168.0.1 into your browser to tweak your router, but the address may be different. Look on the back or bottom of the router for the address. If you can't figure out how to change the settings, go to the website of the company that made your router and download the manual.

Answer 7

Another option that I like and use as well as a password, is limiting the number of IP addresses it assigns to the number of computers I have. The router will assign addresses to the computer and keep them for that computer so anybody else trying to use your router won't be able to.

Answer 8

Call the router manufacturer technical support. Linksys has a terrific tech support group and they have shortcuts to getting all your computers online quickly.

Good Luck

Answer 9

If you have a choice between WEP and WPA always use WPA it is far more secure than WEP. WEP is cracked too easily.

Answer 10

get rid of;; scanners,.passcodes,.gossip,propoganda,,keyboards,modems.telephones,faxes,radios,all of it even the nosey person looking over your shoulder people,.then you have transmitters they are a whole new thing,.satellite is wireless communication very hard to control,.eh,..,???
keep secured at all times,.,.ok

Answer 11

in the router add a WPA, WEP or WPA-Shared Key password.