Nowadays Notebooks, Smartphone and tech savvy gadgets are coming up with all latest features like Wi-Fi network connection, Bluetooth connection and GPRS services. These tech savvy users often go for using Wi-Fi network, if their gadgets fortunately join hands with unsecured network. This unsecured network becomes fruitful for the Wi-Fi users, but at the same time become a cause of harm and slow performance by the network that is sending these unsecured wireless signals.
Beginning with an easier way out, one can go for obtaining the MAC ID of the computer’s each Ethernet port that will be connected on to your network before enabling your connection. Every computer has its own unique ID for each Ethernet port, which can be obtained by simply clicking on the Microsoft Window’s start tab and then on ‘RUN’ tab, therein type CMD to obtain command prompt dialogue box. In that type ‘IPCONFIG’ and this will produce your MAC ID, which can be of this form 00 18 6C D8 2G 0P. Access to your Router’s setting following the manual instruction to obtain it and then find yourself an IP address which you’ve to enter in to the web address bar of your web browser enabling your connection. Finally, create a policy for PC or PC’s group and mention each PC’s MAC ID in to the policy. Mostly the router has an “Access Restriction” which can be used for restricting the user if desired and don’t forget to save your changes once you’re done.
Encryption: Your Wi-Fi network has very smart form of security called ‘encryption’; one can go for encryption because it encrypts the transmitted data between your PC and your Wi-Fi router. But, mostly either we keep the encryption option of our network turned off or many don’t even know about rather can be said use it. Since exposed network they have a fear of unwanted user’s using it. Well, no worries you’ve two options under the encryption category in order to enhance your network with strongest security that is the WPA ( Wireless Protected Access) Protocol or the WEP ( Wireless Encryption Protocol) which is less secured & can be easily cracked, as a compared to WPA or the latest WPA2.
Talking about WPA or WPA2 the advantage attached with them is dynamical change of the keys used for encryption making it nearly impossible to be cracked. Keep in mind to use a strong password for your encryption key. Moreover, one should buy such router’s that support both WPA and WPA2 mode, which not only becomes an smarter and stronger way of protection, but also makes cracking almost impossible by hackers. But, if you’re having the WEP option only available in your router, then use the safest and most convenient method of using a 128-Bit WEP keys. Also keep in mind to regularly change the default network name and password of your router. This will close all the doors for the hackers’ to peek in to your network.
Enabling the network security is best method for a user prevent undesired infringement and this can be done by just following certain simple methods to tackle with.
