What are the steps to securing one's wireless home network?

Answer 1

pretty easy just login to your router

192.168.1.1 if linksys
192.168.2.1 if belkin
go to security settings and voila you can put WEP, WPA and all that crap.

Answer 2

I would suggest secure wireless home network first download third party firewall-ZoneAlarm Free Edition is good choice. To allows access Files/Folders Share within the Wireless Network just setup ip address inside ZoneAlarm and set Trust Zone, Second download third party Antivirus Program-AVG or Avast are both good choice and Free or buy one McAfee, PCCillin Internet Security. Make sure Antivirus Program update Third step is encryption Wireless Network Router-set good key use symbols and number and letters together and do not use family members name or SSN or personal information. Four make Automatic Updates for Windows OS.
Fifth download Spyware Program-Adware Lavasoft.com is great choice but you have update by yourself.

Answer 3

Using the browser method from the manual go to the wireless security page and set up the type of encryption. (WEP 128 bit or WPA are the normal types.) Then go to the admin page and set an admin password for the router.

Answer 4

Enable WPA encryption

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that the Wireless Router or the Wireless Access Point should also support WPA security in order to enable WPA in Windows XP as the Notebook's Wireless Network Adapter does have that option. Please contact the Manufacturer of the Wireless Router / Access Point for more details on enabling WPA in the router / access point.

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To enable WPA we need to configure the WPA settings in Windows XP. If the Customer has already updated the driver and installed the Windows XP update in that order, then you may continue with performing the steps to configure WPA settings present at the link given below. If the updates are not done in the other order, then first install the drivers for the Wireless LAN card and then install the Windows XP update to enable WPA again.

===Update LAN Express drivers===

Download and install updated LAN Express IEEE 802.11 Wireless Driver from either of the below mentioned URLS:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software1/ob832/ob832mu/HP_WLAN.exe

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&lc=en&softwareitem=ob832mu&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

NOTE: Clicking the link may give an error indicating it is invalid. If this occurs, copy the portion of the address on the remaining line(s) and paste it at the end of the address showing in your browser until the complete address is displayed in the Address box.

===Microsoft Update===

You can download the Windows XP update to support WPA from either of the below mentioned URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5039EF4A-61E0-4C44-94F0-C25C9DE0ACE9&displaylang=en

NOTE: Clicking the link may give an error indicating it is invalid. If this occurs, copy the portion of the address on the remaining line(s) and paste it at the end of the address showing in your browser until the complete address is displayed in the Address box.

=== Configure WPA settings===

Then follow the steps at the following link to configure WPA settings to enable WPA in Windows XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/bowman/03july28.asp

NOTE: Clicking the link may give an error indicating it is invalid. If this occurs, copy the portion of the address on the remaining line(s) and paste it at the end of the address showing in your browser until the complete address is displayed in the Address box.

Answer 5

go into setup for the router. set a password to acess setup. set a password to get service access. set it to not broadcast it's "i'm here!" signal. use MAC address filtering for allowing only the computers you want to allow access to.

Answer 6

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wireless_secure.htm