You can also, further enhance the security by using a newly introduced tool like the ‘Softperfect’s WiFi Guard’, as it lets you scan your Wi-Fi network and shows you who is currently connected to your network.
If you have to be extremely cautious, then you should change the encryption ‘key’ (‘ paraphrase‘) quite frequently, it should be long, should also contain letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers too. Therefore (that was just one example), if you are maintaining a wireless network, it is very important that you use a powerful encryption algorithm, as it helps to eliminate a lot of security related issues on a wireless network.
For example, unlike with a wired network setup (take a ‘LAN’ without internet access for instance), an intruder does not need to physically connect his/her computer to the network, nor does he/she need to gain access to the building, if he/she is simply within the range of that wireless network, then all that requires is for him/her to turn on the wireless networking device and can start hacking right away. However, they also have their disadvantages too. And when compared with the wired networks (which are still heavily used), a wireless network is easy to setup (as one does not need to deal with installing wires etc) and is also easy to maintain as well (including troubleshooting). Wireless networks are getting more and more popular nowadays.
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