What are the steps required to secure my wireless network?
• Change the default password to your router. This will prevent users from accessing your network and changing settings that could impact the security of your network. • Enable encryption on your network to secure the traffic flowing over the wireless access point. To do this, you need to do the following: • Perform an inventory of all the devices on your network. To select the level of encryption appropriate for your network, it’s essential to first make sure that all devices on your network support encryption, and if so, what level of encryption the devices support. • Log into your wireless router and enable the appropriate level of encryption. Symantec recommends enabling the highest level, WPA-2, if all the devices on your network support this level of encryption. If not, then select a lower level of encryption, such as WEP, that is supported by all the devices on your network. If some devices do not support encryption and these are devices that you need to be connected to your wir
