How to Enhance and Secure Your Wi-Fi Network
Easy-to-implement strategies for staying connected and secure on a home or public Wi-Fi network.
Becky Waring, PC World
Track Intruders on Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Strangers may be lurking on your home Wi-Fi network. Don't assume that you are protected just because you have Wi-Fi encryption. Encryption--especially WEP--can be cracked. And even MAC-address filtering can be spoofed. To give interlopers the boot, download and install the free version of Network Magic. The program shows you a map of all of the computers, media servers, printers, and other devices connected to your network. Any listing that you can't identify is a potential intruder.
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