How to secure your Broadband WIFI

Hello Friends,

This article is all about the "BSNL Broadband wifi security". Most of us Indians may have BSNL WiFi routers for broadband connection. WiFi allow us to use internet on laptop ,so really one more good feature by BSNL.

But major security threat is these routers are configured for open access and setup with default settings. So this is a major security issue, By compromising these setting any one can connect to you router console and change your settings.

In Mumbai incidents happened when terrorists used open WiFi access point for sending treating emails. So securing your WiFi connections is very essential.

Using following steps you can configure your WiFi router and secure it from un-authorized access.

1.)  Connect your PC/Laptop with LAN cable connection.Don’t use WiFi connection for first time configuration of router. While applying MAC filter setting WiFi connection to Router admin can disconnect.

2.)  Change IP address as shown in following fig.

3.) Open browser and type address 192.168.1.1

4.) Enter username and password as admin/admin

5.) You will be logged in as admin and router home page displayed

6.) Change default access password for  router admin.Navigate Management-Access Control-Password enter new secured password.

Note: Don’t change any settings if you are not confident, this can stop your internet access.

7.) I used simple method of MAC filtering for allowing access only to my Laptop.

8.) Go to command prompt and give command ipconfig/all and find out MAC address(physical address) of network card.

9. ) Navigate to Wireless-MAC Filter setting in router admin in browser.

10.) Select “Allow” radio button and click on add button.

11.) Enter PC MAC address(physical address) in this format -00:22:68:CA:5A:5D and save settings.This will restrict you WiFi router access only with your PC/Laptop network card.No other pc can connect to your WiFi router now.

12.) If you are not going to use WiFi good thing is to hide wireless Access Point from Wireless router setting.

NOTE : Don’t forget to change network IP and DNS server to automatic mode once setting is done.Else you will not able to connect to internet.