| Have you recently gone wireless? If you have a | | | | which names the network and works (loosely) like a |
| wireless network at home or in the office, it is critical to | | | | password.Unfortunately, most wireless access points |
| have it secured. Wireless networks are prone to | | | | transmit their SSIDs by default, which is pretty much |
| attacks from outsiders - perhaps even more so than | | | | like standing in the street and shouting your bank card |
| with wired networks. This article shows how you can | | | | PIN. Unless you have equipment that requires the |
| implement 3 techniques to secure a given wireless | | | | access point to broadcast the SSID, turn this feature |
| network.1. Disable Broadcast SSID | | | | off. If you do leave it on, change the SSID to |
| One of the key things to do is to secure a wireless | | | | something other than the default.2. Turn on WEP |
| network is to disable broadcast SSID. WiFi WLANs | | | | Another thing to do is to turn on WEP, and use 128-bit |
| identify themselves with a service set identifier (SSID), | | | | keys. |