How can I secure my domestic wifi ?

[johnnybgood]

I have WPA at the moment in my house , I'm sure I used to have WPA2

For some reason Bitdefender keeps flagging my wi fi as non secure.

How do I easily change the wifi router to the secure WPA2 please?

[JaiMaai]

What router do you have?

 

But, without knowing that:

 

1. Search for the default username and password for your router.

2. Check if your default router adrress is 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 (these are the common ones)

3. Put the IP into your browser and login to your router.

4. Look for a Wifi settings tab / menu and you can change it from there.

 

This assumes that the router is not running custom passwords which 3bb equipment has been known to have. 

Edited August 24, 2017 by JaiMaai
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[RichCor]

Some routers allow WPA + WPA2 to be set as the Security Type, allowing the router and connecting client to agree on which type to use when initially negotiation the connection.

 

But as JaiMaai says, what does your router web setup say it's using.

[muratremix]

Wpa2 + aes is the safest. 

[johnnybgood]

Thanks gents, I had a memory blank about accessing the router !

The router address is 192.168.0.1   

then I selected  wpa2  from the drop down menu.

All sorted  thanks 

[how241]

Good info...Thanks !!!

[hawker9000]

Selecting WPA-PSK may have satisfied Bitdefender, but there's more you can do:

• use a non-default SSID and make it invisible (so it won't appear on anybody's network list when they scan)
• change the IP address (and therefore the subnet your network will be using) to something non-default
• DEFINITELY change the administrative password (make sure you devise a reasonably strong one) and periodically change it again
• DEFINITELY change the default routine/network login password/key to something non-default, and, even though it might be a pain (esp. if you have lots of wifi devices) consider changing IT every few months or at least every year
• USE the network list feature if the router offers it (I.e., a "whitelist" of devices by MAC address which are allowed to use the wifi network; other devices will be denied)
• turn OFF WAN administrative access to the router if its ON by default unless you really need it for some reason

Google using something like "how to secure my wifi router", and see if there are other settings you previously didn't know about which should probably be tuned out of your configuration either because you don't need them or because they're "notorious" (e.g., WPS).  Very much model-specific stuff and not a 10-min exercise.

 

No one setting, such as optimized security mode, is a fullproof defense.  The idea is to just cause anyone trying to piggyback on your subscription or hack your router enough difficulty that they'll decide to just move on.

 

Edited August 28, 2017 by hawker9000

[johnnybgood]

hawker 9000..

I'll have to study this a bit more. 

The fact we're here in LOS means lots of on line stuff with foreign banks just to continue living here !

 

The security gets complicated for old fart users 

.....but worryingly logical for young savvy baddies.

[MuntyC0re]

use vpn or proxy while surfing the web