If
you happen to be in the unfortunate position where a lot of persons in your
community are logging on to your Wi-Fi Router because you gave out the
password, you can change said password.
Even
better, if it’s a Digicel 4G Broadband Modem, which uses WiMaX (Worldwide
Interoperability For Microwave Access) and depending on the model may have a
Wi-Fi Router built in, you can use my procedure as explained in my blog article
entitled “How
to configure the Wi-Fi on your Digicel 4G Broadband Modem” to change not
only the password but the Name of your Wi-Fi Router.
Harder
to login and find if the name of your Wi-Fi Router is different!
But
if it’s a case you want to set up a simple service in your shop or Restaurant
in Milk River where you allow persons access to your Wi-Fi Router for a Fee,
then you need to know who’s logged in and who isn’t.
Too
many devices will clog the Wi-Fi Access and degrade the experience for others, especially
of your offer is free Wi-Fi for persons within your business environs as
described in my blog
article entitled “Free
Wi-Fi Internet as a Promotional Tool - Broadband Hopping the next weapon from
Digicel and LIME”.
How to Secure your
Wi-Fi Router – Who’s on My Wi-Fi is a good Software that asks a simple Question
A
quick way to determine who’s logged in is by using the program Who’s on my
WiFi. Download and install the application on your Desktop or Laptop that’s
got a direct Ethernet connection. Also, make sure your smartphone or Tablets
aren’t connected to your Wi-Fi Router. This so that you can eliminate your Desktop
or Laptop as one of the devices using
the Wi-Fi Access and thus help you get a clearer picture of who’s connected.
Once
installed, the Who’s on my
WiFi will do a Network Scan and list the assigned IP Address and the MAC
Address of all devices connected to your Wi-Fi Router. If you’ve got no devices
connected and you see connections, then you’ve got someone drinking from the
Milk Fountain as we in Milk River, Clarendon like to say.
A
simple password change of your Wi-Fi Router will eliminate the pests, depending
on the model of your Router. Anything beyond that is a stranger…..who may have
hacked your Wi-Fi Router using my procedure as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to access any password-protected WEP or WPA and WPA2 Wi-Fi Network using
TamoSoft CommView for WiFi”.
Then
you can proceed to connect to the Wi-Fi Router and tag, name and save all the
devices connected to your Internet. You can also make it difficult for
neighbours to hack into your Wi-Fi Router by using HomePlug AV (IEEE 1901) and
Powerline AV 500 to reduce the range of your Wi-Fi Signal as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to expand and secure your Wi-Fi Network with Power-Line Adaptors”.
You can then access Internet via an Electrical
Socket that accessible only using a HomePlug AV (IEEE 1901) and Powerline AV
500 and an Ethernet Cable. Wi-Fi is great to improve the mobility of your Network.
But to prevent congestion by persons illegally accessing your Wi-Fi, you need to
know Who’s
on my WiFi and change the name, Password and reduce the range of your Wi-Fi
as described above.
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