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As you are planning for your hardware purchase and setting up your house wireless net, you've got to consider network security. As you know, there are some evil folks out there that spend their days and nights trying to work out the best way to spoil your computing day. Whether is as a pathogen, a bit of software that installs itself on your PC ( known as malicious software ) or actively trying to break into and access your PCs on your network, you have got to be conscientious against these potential attacks.

I won't go into pathogen or malware here. I can presume that simply by studying this article you aren't a P.C. novice and you now have the most recent pathogen and malicious software prevention installed on your personal computer.( If not, stop reading at the moment, and run - don't walk - to your fave search site to get a credible source for pathogen and malware protection ). When you build a network, know this - any network can be attacked and accessed by a skilled and insistent hacker. Nevertheless a well-designed and correctly protected network will deter a lot of them as there are always easier targets on which they can spend their time.

That's the goal. What's truly funny ( read gloomy ) is that most network attacks happen when the network is not just not set up security isn't even turned on! Do not be one of those victims. Most PCs and networking hardware sold today comes right from the box with nearly all you need to be forced to build a wall of security that may deter most or even all attacks. But you have got to get one thing - galvanized to be told how to secure the network and take action! Another apparent fact about a home wireless net is it's more exposed to attack.

With a wired network, somebody would need to know a load more about your network configuration, IP addresses, user-name and passwords. But even this isn't going to help them if they can not access the network. With a wifi network, you are literally broadcasting to the world ( or at a minimum a couple of hundred feet in all directions ) that you've a wifi network. Without securing access to strangers outside your house, the world outside sees your network broadcasting an open invite - "Come on in! We are online and open to visitors! " This is not really the message you would like to send, is it? In an imminent series of articles, I'm going to help secure that network and hang a giant broadcast "Closed to Outside Eyes! " e-banner on your network.