With the amount of options hackers have to enter our computers these days it is essential that you ensure that you are as secure as possible. One area that we often do not secure enough is our wireless routers. There are several easy steps that you can take to ensure that your router is reasonably secure.

Almost all routers use a webpage to configure their settings. For the most part they use a default address of 192.168.0.1 . The usual administrator username is simply “admin”. But I would consult the documentation for the unit to make sure before starting these steps. The first thing to do is to make sure to change the default administrator password on the laptop. By default most routers come either with no password set or the password is simply the word “password”. I would recommend using a password of at least 6 characters that is made up of both numbers and letters.