Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

Many people buy a wireless router, bring it home, plug it in, connect and then forget about their WiFi network. When you fail to secure your wireless network, not only can someone connect and use your ...

Bolstering your home security often means door locks, alarm systems and security cameras, but a recent hack of 14,000 home routers shows you need to protect your home internet network too. Selecting a ...

If you set up Wi-Fi networks for your clients with any degree of regularity, you've probably come across security set-up issues of your own. Sometimes, WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) won't set-up ...

LucidLink makes it easy to shut out unwelcome guests. It’s likely your home users haven’t enabled security on their wireless networks. As the go-to guy, you can configure security settings for them ...

The first couple of wireless routers I set up for my home and office networks, several years ago, came wide open: that is, they were preset at the factory to a common SSID with broadcast enabled, no ...

Editor’s note: Computerworld editors David Ramel and Preston Gralla disagree on the security threat posed by wireless networks. In this article, Ramel alleges that the threat is overhyped, that it’s ...