Five Simple Steps to Secure Your Wireless Network

1. Change your wireless router name (WiFi SSID), manufactures set a default SSID for their routers at the factory, generally using the same name for each. Linksys routers for example, all tyically start with an SSID of "Linksys".
   


2. Rename the default admin account and password.
   


3. Disable admin access to the router from Internet (WAN).
   


4. Use Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) encryption.
   


5. Turn off UPNP on your router. A Trojan horse or virus on a computer inside your network could use UPnP to open a hole in your router’s firewall to let outsiders in. So it’s a good idea to turn off UPnP when not in use.