A few years back, wireless came into the picture as the new way to connect! Today, the novice user goes to his/her favorite computer parts store and purchases a wireless router and network card, connects them up and WOW, their on the Internet.

But do you know, by simply connecting these devices right out of the box without correctly configuring them first, the user of a wireless device is wide open to all types of misery to come.

Routers and Network cards must be setup to keep the outside public from riding on your bandwidth and even more serious, stealing information off your PC.

Here are 5 basic / minimum rules when setting up any wireless network.

1. Change the default login password.
    
2. Change the default SSID (Service Set Identifier - The name of your wireless network)
    
3. Disable SSID from broadcasting over the airwaves.
    
4. Enable and Setup WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy - Encrypts data as it is transmitted from point to point.)
    
5. Enable Mac Address filtering (Media Access Control - Allows only pre-defined addresses to connect to the device)

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