How do I secure my wireless internet?

How secure r Internet connection and personal files while usin wireless router?

  • hi dere.ok i wana ask.m using wireless router.and its D-LINK.i hv laptop and other user hv PC.the wireless connection waz crap.so v both usin cables.my question iz,iz dere any chance dat he can come in 2 ma laptop and c ma files which i hv save in ma laptop or 2 c ma online work throgh networkin.if dere iz any chance?how can i protect my online work and all my files?ohh yeah and ma laptop's wireless switch iz off coz m using cable.and v prected our router wiv password.can any body tell me abt it plz? thanx

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I'm sorry but I could only read a couple of lines into your question before I gave up. It takes way too much energy to decipher your um, abbreviations. Here is an attempt to answer what I think you were asking about: encryption, secure the network, password protection and firewall. Amen.

Shibi

As long as you've got a decent firewall or password set up, you're fairly safe from most threats. If anyone happens to detect your signal nearby, whether it's a laptop or just another computer with a router pickup, they'd have to log into the network with the password- which they won't have. Just don't make the password blatantly obvious, because that makes the password pointless. I also reccomend a program like Norton to protect your network and PC.

Marx Payne

make sure you have password set up to protect access to your internet. Just a password on your computer will do no good. One of our neighbors didnt have a password on his so we are able to access their internet whenever we want, my guy was showing me how without a password how vulenerable you can be, he was able to show me everything they had right on their computer- including personal photos and documents. He could of deleted tons of stuff or easily changed things or set off a virius. He didnt do anything just cause he was showing me. Even on our network he can control my computer and see everything i do on it. So remember to always have a password on everything.

cats4ever2k1

anything that is powered off is secure if you go back to wireless and switch it back on, set it with WPA encryption, and strong passwords. WEP encryption can be cracked (by someone who's boring enough to sit outside your house for hours running a cracking agorithm). Strong passwords have mixed CaSe letters, numbers and symbols, and spaces if you like. Thi$ is @ strong pa55word

wild_eep

wow. it took me awhile to get through your spelling...

Christopher45

If you're going to ask a serious question, you can at least speak normally and not use ghetto spelling. I didn't read beyond your first sentence (the actual question), so let me answer that part. Anyone on a wireless network, even when it is secured through an encryption key, is at risk of evesdropping. If someone has the right software, which is freely available on the internet, they can break the encryption in a matter of MINUTES and view ALL traffic to and from your computer. You cannot prevent this.

orlandobillybob

I'm on a wireless under D-link, using a laptop and I've been this way for over 2 years now...my previous system was a Dell with a Linksys card (garbage after a year actually). The current laptop has Turion64 mobility which I have absolutely no problem with. Key is ensuring that you engage WPA security and firewall your system. Always keep a good virus scanner and spyware program running in the background. Your firewall should be set so that it doesn't accept any outside connections unless you know about them...it will warn you provided you have it set up to do so. Engaging WPA also means that someone searching for a wireless connection in your area won't be able to connect to yours unless they know the WPA key...this key which is entered when you set up the security under your DLink system, should be quite convoluted to ensure that no one can guess the sequence. A mix of numbers, letters (both upper and lower case) should be utilized and nothing of a common nature such as your dogs name or your address etc should be used. Once you are secure, a padlock type icon will be present under your Network Connections and that with your firewall should keep you pretty safe. Also, turning off the Share files option under your network will be a good idea. Using a direct connection via coaxial cable to your internet router makes your connection unviewable therefore unreachable...however, it is still important that you secure your network just to be sure.

dustiiart

actually as long as you got wireless password.. your dealing with same risk when you're on the net(internet).. just make sure that you got a good firewall to protect your documents/files from hackers..

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