| If you have purchased a Linksys wireless | | | | not know this information. |
| broadband router, that means that you have | | | | 3. Encryption will also help you. Enable WPA |
| installed one of the most reliable and secure | | | | encryption on your Linksys wireless broadband |
| devices out there. Should you sit back and do | | | | router. It will protect data transmitted over your |
| nothing at this point? No, and in fact, if you do not | | | | network. Enable the highest level of encryption |
| take measures to protect your network, it could | | | | that is possible and supported by your network. |
| fall victim to those outside of it that would love to | | | | 4. Get rid of the SSID broadcast. The next thing |
| get in and have access to your personal | | | | to do to protect your network is to disable the |
| information. | | | | SSID broadcast that is the default setting for the |
| It is important to note that using a Linksys | | | | system. Unless you want everyone to be able to |
| wireless router is not a problem, so long as you | | | | use your connection, simply set this to be off. |
| can ensure that the network has protection. The | | | | 5. Do enable MAC address filtering on your router. |
| following tips will help you to protect your | | | | Linksys allows you to do this. This process allows |
| network from any form of invasion. | | | | you to choose which of the computers or |
| 1. Be sure to change the Linksys admin password. | | | | devices will have access to your network. |
| This password is preset at the factory but that | | | | Although there are numerous steps that you can |
| does not mean that it should stay that way. It | | | | take to protect each one of your computers, |
| takes a few minutes to change it in the | | | | when you link them together through a router, it |
| administrator login. | | | | is more important to focus on the entire network |
| 2. Change the default SSID, or Service Set | | | | rather than just one element. Therefore, protect |
| Identifier. This too is set by the factor. It is the | | | | your Linksys wireless broadband router by setting |
| name of your network. It can be up to 32 | | | | up the previously mentioned security features |
| characters in length. If someone is trying to get | | | | that can all be accessed through the administrator |
| into your network, and they know your SSID, | | | | login. It is important to keep your system |
| they can get in. Be unique to ensure others will | | | | protected for the long term. |