1. Open your router settings page.
1.1 First check your router’s user manual.
1.2 You can also use Google to find the manual.
1.3 You need to know how to access your wireless router’s setting.
2. Create a unique password on your router.
2.1 Once you have logged into your router, the first thing you should do to secure your network is to change the default password
3. Change your Network’s SSID name
3.1 Changing the SSID name of your network is a good idea as it will make it more obvious for you to know which network you are connecting to.
4. Enable Network Encryption
4.1 In order to prevent other using your internet connection, you need to encrypt your wireless signals.
4.2 open the wireless security settings on your router’s configuration page.
If you have older devices, choose WEP
If not go with WPA2. Enter a passphrase to access the network
4.3 make sure to set something passphrase that be difficult for others to guess, and consider using a combination of letters, numbers, and special character.
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