Safe Guard your wifi / Wireless Access Point.

Dear Readers,

I was busy with my new projects (IT Infrastructure) and had little time to write on blogs. Hopefully, i can contribute now like before.

Here are some of the TIPS to safe guard your wireless access point at home or business. (which i practice and implement in all my projects)

1.Disabling the SSID broadcast.
To some extent this makes it difficult for the hacker to detect the presence of a WiFi access point.

2.Enable MAC address filter.
Each network interface has a unique MAC address, by filtering it, one can to an extent control which machines can use the access point. Of course, it makes difficult for the IT Support guys to add the mac address to the "white list" everytime into the WAP. But it is a easy task to do.

3.Turn on WPA/WEP encryption.
Make the password / Network key stronger (say minimum 8 letters, do not use company name or easy to guess names).

4.Change default admin passwords for access points.
All the wireless access points comes with(atleast for the same brand) default password such as 1234 or admin or admin1234 etc. Your first step in wireless installation should be changing the default admin password. Please store / save it somewhere, you might need it to re-configure or change settings.

5.Ensure access points are placed securely. In the centre of a room/office etc to minimise its signal strength outside the office.

6. Turn OFF the wireless devices when not used.
Do not leave your WAP devices ON when there is no activities.

Thank you, Readers.
JS