How do you be secure on an unsecured network?

Answer 1

You con not be totally secure on any network, secured or unsecured. There is always someone out there that would "love to show us what we don't know about computers". Not my words, someone else's that I used to work with. However, you can be relatively secure. You can use SSL. You can use a secured VPN. You can ... It hard to quantify security. Is it 99%? Is it 99.997%? It comes down to safe practices - Updated OS - Current Antivirus - not doing unsafe things.

Answer 2

Here are ways to secure a password:

• it cannot be found in any dictionary.
• it contains special characters and numbers.
• it contains a mix of upper and lower case letters.
• it has a minimum length of 10 characters.
• it cannot be guessed easily based on user information (birthdate, postal code, phone number etc.)

Answer 3

You need to set security for your wireless network using the router's setting. When choosing type of security make sure that you choose WPA at least.

In order to change setting for your wireless connection you need to log in your router. And go in wireless settings -> security. Then choose type of security you need, choose the password. When choosing type of security make sure that your computers support it. Most of wireless adapters work just fine with WPA, newer ones can work with WPA2. Apply/Save settings, after that you router will reboot. You will have to enter a password if you want to connect to your network.

Answer 4

One of the easiest ways is to make it password protected, but there are also various ways to "secure" a network.

Answer 5

Go to Settings and click Control Panel and then click Wireless Network Setup or Network Connections. There you should find all your answers and more.

-Hope this helps

Ilyaman