How to Secure Your Wi-Fi Router and Protect Your Home Network
From the Wired Magazine website
Your router is perhaps the most important gadget in your home. It checks all incoming and outgoing traffic, acting as a sentry to make sure that nothing dangerous comes in and nothing sensitive goes out. It controls access to your home Wi-Fi network and through that all of your phones, tablets, laptops, and more. If someone else gains access to that network—whether a remote hacker or your next-door neighbor—it can be quick work to compromise those devices.
With that in mind, it’s essential to keep your router secure. The good news is these steps aren’t too difficult or time-consuming, and they’ll significantly reduce your risk.
These tips will require you to access your router’s settings, which you can typically do through your web browser by typing in an IP address, or if you’re lucky, through an app on your phone. If you’re not sure how to find these settings, check the documentation that came with the router, or run a quick web search using your router’s make and model.
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