How to protect a WiFi Hotspot? 3 recommendations to follow
The WiFi Hotspot is a device that makes it possible to connect to the Internet thanks to a wireless connection.
This Internet access system is very popular nowadays to the detriment of mobile connection or ADSL.
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Its popularity makes it a subject of covetousness. Who would not like to connect to the Internet for free? We have all at least tried to use the WiFi of a precise space without really having the right and that is what our article is going to talk about.
If you have a WiFi hotspot, you will certainly be targeted. It is therefore important to take certain measures to avoid being the victim of a potential profiteer.
Here are 3 recommendations to follow to the letter:
1 – Have a good management of your passwords
The password is above all the first security measure that is likely to protect you when someone wants to profit from your wifi router to your detriment. You must be careful when you decide to use a password or to define it again. It is necessary to know that each Hotspot comes with a basic password. This default password is most often used for different types of devices of the same supplier. Anyone who knows how to search correctly will find the necessary information. Therefore you must have the reflex to immediately change your passwords from the moment you become owner of a tool of this kind.
Form solid passwords. For this, they must be composed of at least 8 characters that combine numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters and symbols.
Do not reuse old passwords or words already used on other accounts.
Change your password often because you are not either safe from a data leak.
2 – Configure the access settings
For what concerns recent routers, it is very much possible to make configurations that make it possible to determine which type of device is authorized to connect to the WiFi or not. This configuration is based essentially on the IP addresses of the computer device authorized to connect. Go into the settings, define and configure which are the types of terminals that you authorize to access your WiFi and under which conditions. In this way, you can easily.
3 – Encrypt your connection
The routers that are functional today use two types of encryption. These encryptions help to better control and protect the data flows that transit through your WiFi.
The first is WEP for Wired Equivalent Privacy. This protocol is the first of the three. It has existed since 1990. In practice, it is no longer as performant as before because many computer hackers have now developed methods to bypass it. « Nowadays, it should no longer be used because it has serious weaknesses that can be easily hacked, even by novice hackers. You must therefore avoid WEP. If this is not possible, it is because your router is very old. You should buy an updated one or order a new one from your ISP. », explains the company Avast, specialist of cybersecurity.
The second is WPA for WiFi Protected Access. It is the protocol that came as a replacement of the first. Even if afterwards it too was replaced by a second version. However it allows the application of the latest security standards of AES category for Advanced Encryption Standard. Even if this protocol had a second much more accomplished version, it remains nonetheless a powerful encryption algorithm.
Its second version is WPA2. A protocol that makes a barrier to any device that wishes to connect without possessing the password or a decryption key.
« Most wireless routers allow you to select WPA2 during the installation procedure. Unfortunately, many devices use by default WEP (or worse, no protocol), which means that anyone within range of the WiFi can connect to it to use the bandwidth and access other devices (printer, network disk, etc.). », had mentioned the company Avast.
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