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CONSUMER GRADE ROUTERS
LINKSYS/CISCO
NETGEAR
D-LINK/BELKIN
CISCO
READYNET

HOME WIFI NETWORK
ANYONE WHO KNOWS
THE NAME OF YOUR
NETWORK AND YOUR
PASSWORD CAN
ACCESS THE
INTERNET THROUGH
YOUR ROUTER’S IP
ADDRSS…

ACCESSING YOUR WIFI NETWORK
THE DEFAULT
SSID AND
PASSWORD IS
OFTEN
STAMPED ON
THE BACK…
YOU WILL WANT TO
CHANGE THIS IF YOU
HAVEN’T ALREADY…
MORE ON THIS
LATER….

ACCESS YOUR DASHBOARD
STEP ONE: OPEN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER
STEP TWO: ENTER YOUR ROUTER IP INTO THE URL ADDRESS BAR
W onderT echF riend
Says:
192.168.0.1
MOST ROUTER IP ADDRESSES
LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE:
192.168.0.0
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.0
192.168.1.1

ACCESS YOUR DASHBOARD
STEP THREE: FIND YOUR ROUTER’S IP ADDRESS
TYPE CMD
INTO THE
START MENU
SEARCH
BOX…
YOU CAN USE THE COMMAND
PROMPT WITH IPCONFIG TO
IDENTIFY YOUR DEFAULT
GATEWAY… THAT IS YOUR ROUTER’S
IP ADDRESS IN MOST CASES…

ACCESS YOUR ROUTER DASHBOARD
STEP FOUR: LOG IN TO YOUR ROUTER WITH ADMIN PASSWORD
NEXT YOU’LL BE PROMPTED TO
ENTER IN YOUR ROUTER’S ADMIN
USERNAME AND PASSWORD THAT
CAME WITH YOUR ROUTER’S
DOCUMENTATION…

WIRELESS SETTINGS
MOST ROUTERS HAVE A
WIRELESS OR WIFI
SETTING OPTION…
THIS IS WHERE YOU NAME
YOUR SSID (SERVICE SET
IDENTIFIER) AND CHANGE
YOUR PASSPHRASE…

COMPLEX PASSPHRASES
W onderT echF riend
Says:
PASSWORD SHOULD BE AT
LEAST 8 CHARACTERS,
UPPER AND LOWER CASE,
HAVE NUMBERS AND
SPECIAL CHARACTERS…

BROADCASING YOUR SSID
IT MAY BE UNDER
ADVANCED SETTINGS… IT
IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO TURN
OFF YOUR SSID
BROADCAST…

admin password
DEFAULT ROUTER ACCESS password
AS YOU MAY RECALL,
THE DAFAULT
PASSWORDS ARE WEAK… admin

DEFAULT ROUTER ACCESS
YOU MAY HAVE TO HUNT
AROUND IN YOUR ROUTER’S
DASHBOARD, BUT YOU’RE
LOOKING FOR ROUTER
PASSWORD OPTIONS…
THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF A
LINKSYS ROUTER
DASHBOARD
TURN OFF REMOTE
ACCESS UNLESS
YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE DOING…

DEFAULT ROUTER ACCESS
HERE’S AN EXAMPLE
FROM A D-LINK ROUTER…

DEFAULT ROUTER ACCESS
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
NETGEAR ROUTER…

HOME DEFENSE CONCEPTS
USE RELIABLE ANTI-
VIRUS SOFTWARE AND
KEEP DEFINITIONS UP
TO DATE…

SANDBOX ENVIRONMENTS
APPLICATIONS SUCH AS
SANDBOXIE CREATE AN
ISOLATED VIRTUAL
COMPUTER IN YOUR
COMPUTER’S RAM…

QUICK REVIEW
HOW DO YOU GET TO
YOUR ROUTER’S
DASHBOARD?
WHAT ARE THE
ADVANTAGES OF
DISABLING YOUR
SSID BROADCAST?
HOW CAN YOU FIND
YOUR ROUTER’S IP
ADDRESS?
HOW DO YOU CHANGE
YOUR ROUTER’S
ADMIN PASSOWRD?
WHAT IS AN SSID?
WHERE IS THE
DEFAULT PASSWORD
OFTEN LOCATED?
WHAT MAKES A
STRONG PASSWORD?

SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK SECURITY

SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK SECURITY
BAIT AND SWITCH
PHISHING OR
PHARMING SCAM…
OR BACK DOOR EXPLOITS
THROUGH YOUR
FIREWALL…

SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK SECURITY
OR
IN SOME CASES,
THEY ACTUALLY
REPLACE YOUR POS
HARDWARE!

ISOLATE YOUR EMAIL AND WEB SERVERS
CONTACT A
PROFESSIONAL I.T.
CONSULTANT TO
MAKE SURE YOUR
SYSTEM IS SAFE…