How to Lock a Wireless Router
It's important to secure your wireless internet and prevent people from pirating off of it by locking the router with a personal password. Here's how to do it.
Instructions
- Step 1: Open your browser Open your web browser. Type in the URL address that is specified your router's instruction manual. You should see a window pop up requesting a username and password.
- Step 2: Type in default info Use the username and password listed in your manual to sign in. The configuration page will appear.
- TIP: Be sure to change the default password once you reach the configuration page.
- Step 3: Change your password Click on administration. At the top you'll see a place to type in a password, and then a place to re-enter your password to confirm. Choose your network's name, called your SSID. Enable Wi-Fi protected access encryption, called WPA2 or WEP. Save your settings.
- TIP: Choose a name for your network that doesn't reveal your name or address.
- Step 4: Enable MAC filtering Most wireless routers come with an option to enable Media Access Control -- or MAC address -- filtering, allowing you to specify that only computers that have a particular MAC address are allowed access to the wireless network. To enable this feature, refer to your router's manual.
- FACT: Wi-Fi, a term coined by the Wi-Fi Alliance, stands for wireless fidelity.
You Will Need
- Computer
- Wireless router with instruction manual
