“Wi-Fi has evolved over the years, and so have the techniques for securing your wireless network,” Eric Geier reports for PCWorld. “An Internet search could unearth information that’s outdated and no longer secure or relevant, or that’s simply a myth.”
Geier writes, “We’ll separate the signal from the noise and show you the most current and effective means of securing your Wi-Fi network.”
5 Wi-Fi security myths you must abandon now:
Myth No. 1: Don’t broadcast your SSID
Myth No. 2: Enable MAC address filtering
Myth No. 3: Limit your router’s IP address pool
Myth No. 4: Disable your router’s DHCP server
Myth No. 5: Small networks are hard to penetrate
“No myth: Encryption is the best network security,” Geier writes. “Now that we’ve dispensed with five Wi-Fi security myths, let’s discuss the best way to secure your wireless network: encryption. Encrypting—essentially scrambling—the data traveling over your network is powerful way to prevent eavesdroppers from accessing data in a meaningful form. Though they might succeed in intercepting and capturing a copy of the data transmission, they won’t be able to read the information, capture your login passwords, or hijack your accounts unless they have the encryption key.”
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