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2-7-6 Security Tips for a Wireless Network
Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your
wireless network:
1. Never use simple words (like school, apple or computer) as the WEP
encryption or WPA passphrase.
2. A complicated (combination of numbers, letters, even symbols, and
long enough) WEP key and WPA passphrase is much safer than
simple and short ones. Remember that the wireless client is capable
of keeping the key or passphrase for you, so you only have to input
the complicated key or passphrase once. It's not too troublesome but
will greatly improve the security level.
3. You can hide the ESSID of this router by setting the 'Broadcast ESSID'
option to 'Disable'. Your wireless router will not be found by other
people in proximity if they're just using the AP scanning function of
their wireless client, and this can reduce the chance of being
intruded.
4. Use the 'Access Control' function described in section 2-7-4, so those
people who are not in your list will not be able to connect to your
network.
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