How to secure your Wireless Network

1. How to secure your Wireless Network

2. How to secure your Wireless Network

3. How to secure your Wireless Network (or how to keep your data private)

4. If you do not yet have a wireless network, some or all of the discussion tonight may be confusing, maybe even seem Spiritual !

5. If you do not yet have a wireless network, some or all of our discussion tonight may be confusing, maybe even seem Spiritual ! WARNING ! WARNING !

6. If you do not yet have a wireless network, some or all of our discussion tonight may be confusing, maybe even seem Spiritual ! WARNING ! WARNING !

7. If you do not yet have a wireless network, some or all of our discussion tonight may be confusing, maybe even seem Spiritual ! WARNING ! WARNING !

8. If you do not yet have a wireless network, some or all of our discussion tonight may be confusing, maybe even seem Spiritual ! WARNING ! WARNING !

9. Early version “Router”

11. Goals for Tonight

12. Goals for Tonight • For those who have wireless now, you can learn how to secure your Router.

13. Goals for Tonight • For those who have wireless now, you can learn how to secure your Router. • For those considering wireless, you can learn and understand how to secure your Router in the future.

14. Goals for Tonight • For those who have wireless now, you can learn how to secure your Router. • For those considering wireless, you can learn and understand how to secure your Router in the future. • This presentation will be posted on the club web site for future reference.

15. The Router is the Traffic Cop who directs network traffic to and from the Internet to all your computing devices. Wireless Networks are Managed by a ROUTER

16. The Router is also the Enforcer of the rules you establish for the security of your home network. Wireless Networks are Managed by a ROUTER

17. Many brands to choose from • Linksys http://www.linksys.com • Netgear http://www.netgear.com • Dlink http://www.dlink.com • US Robotics http://www.usr.com • 2Wire • 3Com • More……………

18. Wireless Routers US Robotics Linksys D-Link Netgear

19. Reading e-mail on the patio is great

20. Reading e-mail on the patio is great But if you can walk around your house picking your files out of thin air, so can anyone else

22. We love wireless Nearly everyone with a wireless card or chip has had the experience of seeing just how many neighbors have wireless routers turned on.

23. For some reason, wireless manufacturers continue shipping wireless devices with the security turned off.

24. For some reason, wireless manufacturers continue shipping wireless devices with the security turned off. S E C U R I T Y

25. From personal experience here in Sun City, 8 in 10 do not have wireless security turned on. “A good percentage" of the 12.6 million wireless home users haven't turned on their wireless security” (Frank Hazlick, Director of Wireless Aliance)

26. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network

27. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself

28. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Turn off the broadcast SSID

29. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Change your name

30. GUESSWHO Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Change your name change the default SSID

31. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Change your name Scramble your data

32. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Change your name Scramble your data Use an encryption tool called WEP, WPA, or WPA2.

33. Four Major Points to Secure Your Wireless Network Don't call attention to yourself Change your name Scramble your data Enable MAC address filtering NOT covering this topic tonight

34. Even with these steps, there’s no way to promise 100 percent security for a wireless network — and in fact, there's no such thing as perfect security for any network. Protecting a home wireless network is more about improving the odds that you’ll be safe than it is about slamming the door around Fort Knox. And in fact, many federal government departments still don’t allow wireless networks because of the various security concerns.

35. This screen might indicate the ideal stealth wireless network

36. One simple step All four of the steps to making wireless secure are important, but if you can only take one step, The easiest thing to do is just enable encryption.

37. One simple step All four of the steps to making wireless secure are important, but if you can only take one step, The easiest thing to do is just enable encryption. That way, even if someone hops onto your network, they won't be able to see what you are doing, unless they have special hacking tools.

38. So let’s get to it…….

39. So let’s get to it…….

40. Wireless Wizzard • If your router came with an Intallaton Wizard CD, use it and look for the points we will talk about tonight. • Many Wizards DO NOT help you enable advanced security so you may still need to take the steps presented here.

41. This is the network we will configure tonight SSID

42. DATA ENCRIPTION

43. The KEY comes from the ROUTER

44. Quick Review Router: This is the device that routes all the traffic to and from the Internet to the various computers on your network. It lets you share files and printers, and provides a basic layer of security from Internet threats.

45. Because of popularity we are using a Linksys router for tonight’s example • Also, that’s the one I have……..

46. Setting up your Router • First obtain the address of your router: • On your “wired” PC, click START and select “RUN”. On the “Open” line type “cmd”

47. Setting up your Router • First obtain the address of your router: • On your “wired” PC, click START and select “RUN”. On the line type “cmd” Now we’re gett’n to the good stuff !

48. Type: ipconfig/all

49. The Gateway is your router’s address

50. Start Internet Explorer and enter the router address on your browser address line: