How to Secure WiFi Router From Hackers


Today where technology is empowering the whole universe, internet has taken a specific space in it. As 95% of the people are linked with internet, we see most of them using WiFi connection for a better and easier access over the mobile data. Not only at work places like office but also for personal usage we see WiFi connection in almost every house.

As the WiFi is open to use for everyone who are around in the particular surrounding, we tend to protect it with a password. Here we make sure that only the family members of the house will know the password. But within a few days or in the mid of the month we might sometimes notice a sudden decline in the speed of the internet or even the internet data might have finished. This will lead you to confusion where you are pretty sure that you have not used so much of the internet for it to end so soon.


This is where you should be very careful, as we should know that there are professional hackers all around and it’s pretty simple for them to hack the password of your WiFi connection and use your WiFi without your conscious. To overcome such situations, you should be a little more over protective about your WiFi connection. There are some simple steps that you can follow to ensure that your WiFi connection is protected.


How Secure WiFi Router From Hackers

The method that we are going to show you will work in your router setting page, which will work by simply entering the command an ipconfig in CMD in your PC. Then you have to check the gateway password of the default for ex:-192.168.1.1. Next open this browser in your PC and enter your WiFi modem login id and password.



Set a strong password for WiFi

The very first thing you have to do is to open your router setting page by the default gateway of your network and create a strong password that no one else can guess it easily.



Network Encryption

Make sure that you enable Network Encryption. As most of us ignore this procedure which is very important.


Mac Addresses Filtering

To get the Mac address of any device under the settings of their network, firstly make a list of all the hardware devices that you need to connect and then add them to the mac address filtering in the router administration page.



Upgrade Firmware

The firmware feature is very important as it will get updated with new features and privacy system settings very often. Check your dashboard of your router setting for the availability of the firmware. If it’s available upgrade it.



Setup Firewall

Mostly, all the modern routers come with an inbuilt firewall system to protect the WiFi from hackers or any type of misusage of the outsiders. Along with this another system is also upgraded in the modern routers known as ‘Stealth mode’ which helps protect the router too. So it’s always better to check for the inbuilt firewall system before you purchase a router.


That’s it. We have now checked some important procedures to help protect the WiFi connection from hackers and other unauthorized connections. With all these method fulfilled, you can use your WiFi connection without any problem. They will act as a protector and protect your connection. Follow all the simple steps mentioned above and secure your WiFi.
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