How To Secure Your Wireless Network
Do you know your WEP from your WPA? Do you even understand why you should? I don’t get all the acronyms, either, but I do know that they have to do with creating a secure wireless network. If you want to know how to do that - and get a grip on the alphabet soup at the same time - check out The ABCs of securing your wireless network over on Ars Technica.
The first thing to understand about wireless security is that by default, you have none. The router you buy from Newegg or Best Buy is going to come preconfigured for open access, which means that all of your neighbors can hop on and begin snarfing up MP3s with your bandwidth.
Don’t panic. The article shows you how to close down those loopholes fast.
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