Wireless network security Hidden computer

Wireless network is more and more popular, in the convenience of us at the same time, also brought us a lot of security risks, when we are in public places to access wireless networks should be more vigilant. Hiding your computer in a wireless network will undoubtedly be a good way to protect yourself.

There are a number of ways to hide your computer in a wireless network, such as clicking Start/Run, then entering CMD to open a command prompt window, entering "net config Server/hidden:yes" in that window, or, in the Properties window of the wireless network connection, canceling the File and Printer sharing on a Microsoft network "so that others cannot find their computers through their online neighbors.

To prevent a computer's IP address from leaking, you can start the firewall feature of the wireless network connection, and set ICMP in the Advanced tab of the firewall properties, and prohibit all incoming and outgoing requests, so that others cannot use Ping.exe to determine if their computer is online.

Windows automatically manages the wireless network by default, and it is only necessary to have the system automatically connect to the wireless network when you need to access the wireless network resources, so it is safe and saves resources to cancel the "Configure my wireless network settings with Windows" option in peacetime. Or click on the "Advanced" button to cancel "Automatically connect to a non-preferred network" so that the system will not easily connect to a previously not detected wireless network.