Home wireless network security problems

Running a business from home has its advantages, not including travel, flexible working hours, fresh coffee and meals at home, if you want.

But running a business from home using a home wireless local area network (WLAN) using the computer can lead to theft of confidential information and hacker or virus penetration unless proper measures are taken. Because wireless networks send information back and forth over radio waves, can someone with the right type of receptor in your area pick up the transmission, so access to your computer.

Here is a list of things that should you consider as a result of the implementation of a wireless network configuration uses your business:

Viruses on your laptop, which is based on the company network when you could return to work be transferred to be loaded.

not up to 75 percent of home user wireless Wi-Fi network installed with standard security features, and 20 percent are completely open as default configurations and are not guaranteed but are made for users have their functional network ASAP.

It is recommended that home wireless network router / access point configurations of the system is always whether a wired client.

Always change the default password on your home network router Administrative Wireless Access Points / of a secure password.

Leave at least 128-bit WEP on both cards and access points. Change your WEP key. If the device does not support 128-bit WEP consider him to be replaced. Although there are security issues with WEP, it represents the minimum level of security and should be allowed.

Change the default on your router / access point to a name difficult to guess SSID. Device installed on your computer to connect to this SSID by default.

Access Points for the installation of the router is not transferred / to the SSID. The same SSID on the client side must be installed manually. This function may not be available on all devices.

Configure block your wireless home network router for anonymous Internet requests or pings.

On any computer with a wireless network card, network connection properties should be configured so that their connection to the Single Point of Access Networks. Computer to computer (peer to peer) connections should not be allowed.

Enable MAC filtering. Deny connection to wireless network for unspecified MAC addresses. MAC or physical address through your computer device wireless network connection setup and accessible they are physically written to the network adapter. When adding new wireless cards / computer to the network, their MAC addresses must be registered with the router / access point.

Your home wireless network router firewall should have enabled, disabled functions and demilitarized zone (DMZ) function. Periodically test your hardware and personal firewalls using Shields Up test available at http://www.grc.com. All computers must have a properly configured firewall personal plus a hardware firewall.

Update router / access point firmware when new versions become available.

Find access points / routers away from strangers can not reset the router / access point to default settings. In addition to detection limit access points / routers in the middle of the building rather than near windows to signal coverage outside the building.

You should know that nothing is 100%. Although none of the proposed measures will provide the full protection of 100%, there are cons-measures that will help. The good set of preventive measures suggested in the information contained herein may help to deter an intruder trying to access your home wireless network. The trench went to the objectives of other insecure networks easier to follow for an attacker.