Monday, August 15, 2005

Checklist for Securing Your Wireless Networks

Change the default SSID for each wireless network access point device.

Disable automatic SSID broadcast.

Turn on WEP encryption.

Research upgrading your wireless network encryption to WPA/TKIP.

Filter the MAC address of your network card.

Change all default user names and passwords for new network access devices.

Change the default IP subnet that your wireless router is preset to (192.168.1.0).

Disable DHCP IP address generation.

Implement firewall protection between the wireless network and other networks and between the wireless network and the internet

1 Comment:

loginitin said...

Good points easy to remember
Nitin

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