Going through with the modern era of technology we saw many changes, such as we saw the same change in networking, the happening world of internet, early we used wires to connect through internet and now we have switch to wireless connection or you call it as WI-FI. You don’t have use wires to connect your respective personal computer or laptop; it can be connected easily through WI-FI as it’s a wireless network. I do have a WI-FI connection at home. For bloggers and those who do online business at home WI-FI is beneficial for them, but there are some problems regarding WI-FI as if you are doing some important work through WI-FI suppose as if you are sending a file through WI-FI. You know that file travels through an unsecured channel as its been not fully protected then it can be easily hacked as your data is travelling through unsecured Channel. And if he hacks your WI-FI connection and does something wrong or an illegal activity or in simple words you can say if he does a cybercrime then inspite of him you will be caught by cyber police for doing that particular illegal activity on internet. Not to get afraid off, friends everything has a solution and now I will let you know that how you will be protecting your WI-FI connection so, that you can send your data through secured channel, and not to get your WI-FI connection hacked.1. Vpn- for travelling your data through a secured channel use your vpn services as it provides you the most secured channel through which you can surf internet securely.
2. Change your router’s password- you need to change your router’s password as if it can be easily hacked because mostly seen there is a common username and password that is “admin” {username} and admin {password} or administrator {username} and password {password}. Hackers know this thing and by default they are make this work easy to do. So it’s better to change your router’s password. For this you can go to router’s setting and look for the option password or Management>Access Controls>Passwords. It’s different in each case.
3. Changing the SSID name- you can change your SSID name which is called as the name for your WI-FI connection. You just have to change that name to your name as it creates less confusion and a great combination so that your respective neighbors can easily identify you.
4. Using MAC address- by using MAC address you get an authority to allow a certain numbers of computers, laptops and phones to connect through your WI-FI. This way is the best way to secure your WI-FI.
5. Reducing your signal strength- it’s better to reduce your router’s signal strength as if no one else can connect by just standing outside your home. It makes your WI-FI secured.
So, do according to the tips I gave, and protect your WI-FI connection as soon as possible, so that you can work with protected channel.