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What is the best way to provide security to your wireless devices?

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Question added by Mohammed Imtiaz Ali Ahsan , IT Resident Engineer , DXC Technology - P&G Account
Date Posted: 2016/04/03
حسين عبدالهادي الصلوي
by حسين عبدالهادي الصلوي , متدرب , المحطة الغازية توليد الطاقة الكهربائية

there are five steps to secure a home wireless network: 

1- login to your wireless router

2-enable MAC filtering

3-enable encryption -

disable SSID broadcasting-4

5- install who's on my wifi

 

mohammed abdul gufran siddiqui
by mohammed abdul gufran siddiqui , Network Administrator , Hinduja Global Solutions

these are common used steps to secure your wireless network

 

step 1: WPA2

step 2: change default passwords

step 3: change default SSID name

step 4: device lists

step 5: turn off guest networking

Christo Kotze
by Christo Kotze , Head of Primary , Creative British School

Also, WPA2 + AES is stronger than WPA2 + TKIP

Disable WPS

ARSHAD GAFOOR
by ARSHAD GAFOOR , Network Implementation Engineer , Wipro

To secure a wireless network we need to follow below steps;

1. Change the default login and password.

2.Password should be long and Alphanumeric with special characters.

3. Encryption should be WPA2.

4.Change of password on a regular interval.

5. Enable MAC Address Binding

6. Change the default SSID.

7. Disable the broadcast of SSID.

8. Keep on monitoring.

These are the least we can do to secure our wireless network.

 

SHEIK HABIBUR RAHMAN
by SHEIK HABIBUR RAHMAN , TRICHY , TRICHY

STEP 1; PASSWORD ENCRYPTION

STEP 2;TURN OFF BORADCASTING

STEP 3;ENABLE TO SSID BORADCASTE

STEP 4;SET THE WIRELESS SECURITY MODE TO WPA2 AND CHOOSE A GOOD LONG PASSWORD FOR IT

STEP 5;MOST IMPORTANT SECURITY TO CHANGE ON YOUR ROUTER

 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

step 1: WPA2

step 2: change default passwords

step 3: change default SSID name

step 4: device lists

step 5: turn off guest networking

Farish Rashid
by Farish Rashid , Manager / IT Admin , SGB World Group of Companies \ Euro Computers

there are five steps to secure a home wireless network: 

1- login to your wireless router

2- set strong wireless password

3- enable encryption

4- install wifi monitoring software (who's on my wifi)

5- set mac id filtering and ip filtering

6- enable parental control

7- block unwanted web sites

Adam Ahmed
by Adam Ahmed , IT & Web Developer , Freelance

Basm allah alrahman alrahim

 

friends answers are excellent

don't forget to change password every amount of time and to monitor network bandwidth ( use wireshark )

Noorul Hasan
by Noorul Hasan , Customer Information Security Manager , Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd

you should encrypt the information you send over your wireless network, so that nearby attackers can’t eavesdrop on these communications. Encryption scrambles the information you send into a code so that it’s not accessible to others. Using encryption is the most effective way to secure your network from intruders.

salim malik
by salim malik , Senior Network Administrator , Kuwait College of Science & Technology

STEP 1: Device Authentication from NAC

STEP 2 : Separete VLAN for wireless

STEP 3 : Disable traffic from Wireless vlan to inside network for guest access

STEP 4 : Enable certificate based authentication .

STEP 5 :Enable web filtering .

All the above methods are correct, but what we need to do frequently is to ..

 

1. Change Passwords

2. Monitor Usage w.r.t. Mac Addresses

3. Check number of devices connected to your wireless device.

4. Whenever you are not using wireless its better to switch it off, All signals are hazardous, safety and health comes first.

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