How to Secure your Wireless Netgear router?
Risks
It is highly recommended to secure your router to restrict users or allowing only trusted users to access your wireless network. If you have just purchased a Netgear router and it is not secured which its default settings, this will let superfluous users to connect and steal your wireless internet connection and also access your machines to hack and steal your data.
Solution
- Before starting, you should access your wireless router’s settings and configuration page,
The default address for your Wireless Netgear Router is
http:\\192.168.0.1
or
http:\\192.168.1.1
(depending upon the ip address of the router).
This address should be entered on a web browser.
- You will be asked to enter the:
- Username : admin (default)
- Password : password (default)
I will advise you to change the username and password which is also recommended
- On the Configuration menu, Click “wireless settings” under setup
- Make security as WEP
- Security type : select “automatic”
- Encryption strength : Select “64 bit”
- Check on key 1 & type in any 10 digit key click on “apply the settings”
- Then your pc will ask you for the wep key. You will have to enter the 10 digit key and confirm the same and click “connect”.
- Now you have enabled wep for your wireless network and it's secure.
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