Is Wireless Internet Secure?
This is a really good question and one that can be answered in a number of way and something that many of us are concerned about especially security wise and hackers gaining access to our network. Wireless networking has evolved over the past number of years and I’m sure many of you reading this have been able to connect to various wi-fi access points without any problems from your home computer.
Of the most popular forms of access and the web over wifi is mainly used by people at home using their LAN router which may also have wireless card built-in which will then give you the freedom of been able to connect with your laptop to the Internet. Not long ago many of these routers are provided does not come with security as a top priority. Nowadays most of these routers will come with encryption already set up which secures your wifi network at home and all you need to do is use a username and password on your laptop which would then enable you to connect.
If you are a little bit unsure of how the technology works it’s actually quite simple and nothing too difficult. Once you have enabled encryption or if this has already been done this will then give you the knowledge to know that your Internet connection is now secure and it will be more difficult for hackers to gain access.
As Microsoft windows is one of the most popular operating systems I would presume that you are actually using this to gain access to your wireless local area network. Presuming you already have a wireless card built into your laptop or home PC all you need to do is go to your control panel and click on the network connections icon once you right-click on your wireless network connection card you can simply your router.
Once you have access to your router you can then go a couple of steps forward or by making it more secure using IP addresses and MAC addresses. You can check in your manual to see how you can secure this connection just give you an extra security. You will also come across phrases like WEP and SSID again is difficult to tell you exactly how these work in this short article by simply checking your manual you’ll be able to set these up so you can secure your Internet connection.
There are also many programs that you can download that can help you monitor what is going on your wi-fi network. You can also install some firewall software on Windows computers that again will give you the added security in knowing that it is more difficult for anybody to gain access to your home computer.
Most home wifi networks work on 802.11b or 802.11g and you can have any number of computers connected to this at the same time this obviously gives you and your family and freedom to use them all at the same time. Every PC will have different IP address which your router using DHCP normally gives out.
Many major cities to offer free wireless access to the Internet. You simply need to just browse for available networks or otherwise known as a hotspot. Once you have a signal you should be able to connect easily over the air. You may find these in coffee shops restaurants who are trying to encourage customers to come in and relax and checking e-mail or access the Web whilst on their premises. In this new digital age it is great to have the freedom to be able to do this.
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