It is important to have a secure wireless network at home simply because if it is not safe, anyone close by can spy on your online activities. It could be as serious as someone being able to access the computer’s hard drive. Even when it is not that serious, the problem of neighbors using your internet connection can be a result of non safe wireless networking.
In order to have a safe network, one should use encryption; one should not have the “Announce Yourself” enabled and should change the access point’s default because a hacker can lock you out of your own network. One should also have limited access to their access point, for example put a limit on the number of computers that can use the wireless internet. A wireless card has a Media Access Control address which could be used to secure the network but it is not a perfect security mechanism as a hacker can use a protocol analyzer to determine which MAC address are in use on the network.
In order to have a safe network, one should use encryption; one should not have the “Announce Yourself” enabled and should change the access point’s default because a hacker can lock you out of your own network. One should also have limited access to their access point, for example put a limit on the number of computers that can use the wireless internet. A wireless card has a Media Access Control address which could be used to secure the network but it is not a perfect security mechanism as a hacker can use a protocol analyzer to determine which MAC address are in use on the network.
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