23 | June 2014 |
Monday |
After reset your new Wi-Fi network and password. The next thing you need to do is: enhance your network security protection. What's that mean? you know what, that's very easy to have someone router IP while people try to Googling, once they hit in your router setting page, but there is no password needed, it's very terrible thing because they can do any change without your permission. Consider 6 ways of network security:
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Somehow at least, you have to limit the user permission as whom can use and access your network ...
At Belkin's page menu bar: Select the "
System Setting" that will send you to "Utilities" page.
That's very important part, you've to set up a new login password to access your administrator.
The 1st field type is the current one. If you don't have either, leave it blank.
And then type a new password, and repeat type again to make a confirm.
It takes 10 seconds to complete 2 above process. You've to enter the new login password after done the reset.
At Belkin's page menu bar: Select "
Channel & SSID" -> uncheck the box at "Broadcast SSID"
to makes your SSID invisible on the network, and then click "apply changes".
It takes 60 second to complete the changing.
Reminder:
In fact, it's increased security but not exactly to make you safe in the network
for taking this action. Somehow, it's pretty complicated to get other devices as your
iPhone and iPad to the invisible network especially if you were not only have one device.
At Belkin's page menu bar:
Select "DHCP Client List" to show you the list
of the devices who connected to your network.
-> Click "refresh" to see the updated details as each device has physical MAC address individually.
Go to "Mac Address Filtering" -> check the box of
"Enable Mac Address Filtering" ->
enter Mac address into the filter that mean this device is
allowed on the list to use the network but the others are not.
Click "Apply Changes" to takes 5 seconds done the process.
Note: |
Mac Address = Media Access Control address
Mac Address is also known as hardware / physical address, identify an adapter on a LAN( local area network). MAC address has 12-digit hexadecimal numbers (48 bits in length). For example; A1:B2:C3:D4:E5 |
At Belkin's page menu bar: Go back to "
DHCP Client List", those devices have own Mac address and also with
IP address.
Select "System Settings" -> scroll down to the
3rd row "Remote Management", before doing
this step, please make sure you've already set up your admin login password.
-> Check the "Enable" radio button to access
"Remote Management Enable"
-> if check the box of "Any IP address can remotely manage on the router"
that means to allow any device access your admin.
-> or if choose the other "Only this IP address to manage the router"
means only allow specific IP address to access the administrator.
You can choose the security mode to "WPA2" and the Authentication to more comprehensive one that to increase the password encryption. However, it still not guarantees you're in safe and will not be hacked. The point is: what the password you created? Try don't make too simple if you could!
Belkin's Password - Pre-shared Key(PSK): | allow using any words, phrase, letters, numbers, space and symbols between 8 and 63 characters long. |
It is a security protocol and security certification program to secure wireless computer networks.
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Do not leave it empty again to welcome everyone getting in.
Set the logout when the session expires.
Uncheck the broadcast SSID at Channel SSID
Enable and put the Mac address into the filtering.
Put IP address which can remotely access the management.
Do not create your password too easy to memorize.
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