Secure Wireless “WiFi” Settings

The use of wireless routers in the home and business is increasing all the time. Many of the default settings for wireless routers make the wireless network increasingly vulnerable to others being able to use your wireless network without your knowledge. In some sense you could say, “Who cares”, but if they use your Internet connection to carry on malicious activities, then your IP address may be blacklisted or your account temporarily closed.

Here’s some settings that will help secure your wireless network. (Nothing is totally secure, so there’s no guarantee that this will stop everyone)

For wireless security, use WPA2 authentication type with PSK and a Cipher type of AES or TKIP (many routers give you an “auto” setting). Make the Passphrase strong by using several words together in a phrase instead of a single password. Microsoft recommends a six-word passphrase, at a very minimum, use a 10-12 character random character password that uses lower and upper case letters and a mix of numbers and special characters.

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512624.aspx