Wireless router security setting makes wireless networks more secure

Compared to wired networks, wireless networks have freed us from the shackles of cable, bring us great convenience, at the same time we must also consider that, if not set, within a certain coverage, wireless network is open to anyone, on the one hand, may be easy for strangers to enter their own network, using our bandwidth, On the one hand, it may cause information leakage. Let's take a look at the security configuration in the wireless router today.

Let's start with the wireless router. There are many brands of wireless routers on the market, different brands of wireless router landing methods may be slightly different, these are in their respective instructions, if you lost the instructions, you can first download the official website of the wireless router an electronic version of the instructions.

OK, now let's log on to the wireless router. In this article, the author will take a more Linksys wireless router as an example to see the wireless router security settings.

The Linksys wireless router is set up to help your wireless router through an intelligent wizard, so many friends may not know what their IP address is or what the IP address of the wireless router is. Here's an easy way to get this information. The most used should be the Windows operating system, you can open a command line window (DOS window), and then input ipconfig, all the information you need to show up in front of you. The default gateway you see is usually the IP address of the wireless router, which is "192.168.8.1" in the author's case. The default gateway is where all the data going to the internet goes through.

ipconfig map

Login interface

After you find the default gateway address, open a Web browser and enter the address in the Address bar. The Linksys Router login interface pops up a window that prompts you to enter your username and password. The landing interface for some routers is a Web page with a user name and password input box.

Login interface Map

Note: Security rule number one: Be sure to modify the wireless router's default password, usually the admin or blank password. If you don't change it, all of the following security settings are likely to be a waste of effort.

If the router is just taken out of the box for the first time, there may be a Setup wizard to help you set it up. Since the focus of this article is on security settings, this is not explained in detail, and we assume that the router is already set up and in use.