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| Tips to Improve Small Business Wi-Fi Security |
1. Change the router's default admin password
Consider when you set up your Wi-Fi router and choose wireless network password, did you change the router's administrative password too? If not, you should do it now. Default passwords for countless router are easy to find on the Web. Within that information, it is simple for someone to take control of your network to use your router to create an attack.
2. Update router's firmware
Many routers will show you if a new firmware version is available, when you log into the administrative, and download updates for you automatically.
3. Disable Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a convenient way for a device to connect a Wi-Fi network. But the more convenience usually means the less security and many routers are susceptible to a WPS which can expose your passphrase in short time. It is no easy to know whether your particular router has the WPS weakness or not, so you would better shut off the feature.
4. Create a guest Wi-Fi network
When your customer in the office needs to access the Internet, will you please to give your Wi-Fi network password? So that visitor's laptop is able to be infected with malware. Instead of, you should also check if your router supports a Guest network and if so, activate it.
5. Reduce output power and relocate your router
If you do not have an outdoor area as employees’s workplace, you should not keep your Wi-Fi router om the walls of the bulding. Depending on the size of your office and the place the network resides with, your network may have signal leakage. If so, people can access your network from a parking lot or other outside area.
Consider when you set up your Wi-Fi router and choose wireless network password, did you change the router's administrative password too? If not, you should do it now. Default passwords for countless router are easy to find on the Web. Within that information, it is simple for someone to take control of your network to use your router to create an attack.
2. Update router's firmware
Many routers will show you if a new firmware version is available, when you log into the administrative, and download updates for you automatically.
3. Disable Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
Wi-Fi Protected Setup is a convenient way for a device to connect a Wi-Fi network. But the more convenience usually means the less security and many routers are susceptible to a WPS which can expose your passphrase in short time. It is no easy to know whether your particular router has the WPS weakness or not, so you would better shut off the feature.
4. Create a guest Wi-Fi network
When your customer in the office needs to access the Internet, will you please to give your Wi-Fi network password? So that visitor's laptop is able to be infected with malware. Instead of, you should also check if your router supports a Guest network and if so, activate it.
5. Reduce output power and relocate your router
If you do not have an outdoor area as employees’s workplace, you should not keep your Wi-Fi router om the walls of the bulding. Depending on the size of your office and the place the network resides with, your network may have signal leakage. If so, people can access your network from a parking lot or other outside area.
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