How to protect wireless router

Keanosafc

I've just read a link from a fellow moneysaver here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=670779

which highlights that someone may have been accessing the router remotely and illegally.

Someone had mentioned the changing the settings, does anyone have a guide on how to do this.

I'm with sky broadband, and the router is wap enabled, there is also a few digit password which was randomly created by sky. Would this be enough to protect my network.

(I also use the router for my xbox 360 and would not want to restrict my connection to that).



Thanks

wakandem

IMO you are fine with a standard sky set up. Though others will dissagree on here. It will stop opportunist free loaders. There just is not a group of dodgy men in cars driving around the country looking for networks to download kiddie !!!!!!. A user would have to be within 100m of the wireless, so if you see something dodgy kill the power switch, I do advise the wireless is switched off at night & when not used for long periods.

Keanosafc

I'm going to start doing that whilst i'm at work, can't think why I've never thought of it before. I usually turn off other appliances such as tv, dvd, sky etc.

Little_John

sky use wpa encryption which is harder to hack as for switching you router on and off I know a few people that do that I just can't understand why. It just makes the process of using the internet a pain in the !!! having to go switch the router on every time you need it.

leave it on and if your paranoid change the config periodically just to anoy the hackers.

wakandem

QUOTE : sky use wpa encryption which is harder to hack as for switching you router on and off I know a few people that do that I just can't understand why. It just makes the process of using the internet a pain in the !!! having to go switch the router on every time you need it.

leave it on and if your paranoid change the config periodically just to anoy the hackers.

The reason to turn off is just to reduce the electromagnetic activity in the house when not needed. I have a main switch that cuts power to the pc & everything connected to it which includes wifi.. This normally goes off at night & during the day when the house is empty. I am certainly not suggesting cutting the power everytime you leave the pc for 5 mins.
As for paranoia our wifi is open and anyone is welcome to use it.