In our Business and Communications Studies class, myself and some friends decide to make a small project on the dangers of having a wireless network openly in your house/school/workplace/anywhere.

It soon elevated into a short video with a starring role played by Michael. However his ’scene’ of gaiety is really only funny if you know him… Partially because at any given moment of time at school or home, he is laughed and joked at continually for his incompetence and funny traits.

Watch the movie and see what I’m on about. (You will know which one is Michael)

I didn’t realise till I watched it myself on YouTube that you cannot actually read the writing in the warning boxes as the quality has been toned down.

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Wireless technology has revolutionized home networking in the past few years. However, because of increasing signal strength, wireless signals will often extend farther than the boundaries of your home and may be picked up by other computers—sometimes as much as two or three blocks away! Because of this, it’s essential that you secure your wireless network properly. The following are tips on how to do this.

The first and easiest task is turn firewalls on. This includes computers on the wireless network as well as on your router. Almost all computers with wireless capabilities will have the option to turn on and off a firewall. Make sure that each computer has its own unique user name and password.

All wireless routers, via a standard IP address, allow you access and set up the equipment. Here, you enter your network address and other important information. Be sure to change the default username and password that allows you to access this page. And don’t forget to write down your changes!

Every computer accessing a wireless router will have a MAC address. One technique to secure your network is to only allow computers with certain MAC addresses to access the network. If you only have a few computers, this shouldn’t be a time consuming process.

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