If you are setting up a Wi-Fi at your home, you should take some preventive measures to keep it safe. There are lots of different ways in which you can ensure the safety of your Wi-Fi. Airtel broadband offers amazing Wi-Fi plans with super-fast speeds for your homes and offices. If you want to keep your Wi-Fi far from the reaches of potential threats, these are some of the following things you can do.

1. Use strong encryption - A lot of Wi-Fi access points are using the old WEP protocols which no longer offer a secure connection. Someone with fundamental knowledge in networking can break in such a network using a hacking suite. If you want to keep out potential threats, you need to use WPA, which stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA2 is the best option for you, as it is the newer standard. The enterprise mode of WPA allows users to login with their usernames and passwords.

2. A secure WPA password - One of the best thing that you can do to keep your Wi-Fi safe is to have a long and random Wi-Fi password so that even a determined hacker cannot crack it. If you are using the default settings, a hacker might break in easily. The default username and password are printed on the back of the router and are also available on the Internet. Changing them both will make it very difficult for someone to hack. If you are using Airtel Broadband, you should not limit your bandwidth by letting some stranger steal from your data limit.

3. Scanning for rogue Wi-Fi access points - Rogue access points can be a great risk. If someone is using an Ethernet port and broadcasting your SSID, anyone can connect to the network without the need to hack your network. The only way to scan for such a threat is to use a device and monitor using suitable software.

4. Hiding your network name - The Wi-Fi access points broadcast a default SSID, if not changed. There is also the option to hide the name so that a user would need to know the name of the network to use it. Family members would know the name of the Wi-Fi and it makes no sense to broadcast it. This will offer an additional layer of security to your Wi-Fi.

5. Using a firewall - The first line of defence against attackers are offered by hardware firewalls. Most routers have inbuilt firewalls. The firewalls use packet filtering, meaning that a data packet is accepted based on the source and destination address. A predefined set of rules are set by the user so that only legitimate data packets can enter the network. Software firewalls run on the desktop or laptop. If the firewall is not sure about the application, it will ask the user to confirm the usage of the packet.

These are some of the ways you can protect your Wi-Fi created through Airtel Broadband.