8 Steps to Securing Your Router

8 Steps to Securing Your Router

HomeOther Content8 Steps to Securing Your Router
ChannelPublish DateThumbnail & View CountActions
Channel Avatar Ask Leo!2023-01-19 16:00:33 Thumbnail
3,487 Views
️ Your router is your first line of defense against malicious attacks from the internet. Is yours secure?

️ Securing your router
1 Change the administrative password
2 Disable remote management
3 Turn off UPnP
4 Use WPA2 or WPA3 for Wi-Fi
5 Disable WPS
6 Turn off logging
7 Secure it physically
8 Check for firmware updates

Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/11107

Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub

Watch next ▶ What’s the Difference Between a Hub, a Switch, and a Router? ▶ https://youtu.be/YE5f_SEV-0E

Chapters
0:00 Securing your router
0:46 Change the administrative password
1:20 Disable remote management
1:55 Turn off Universal Plug and Play
2:25 Use WPA2 or WPA3 for Wi-Fi
3:18 Disable WPS
3:37 Turn off logging
4:15 Secure it physically
4:50 Check for firmware updates

️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best
️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1

More Ask Leo!
️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered
️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter.
️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo!
️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more!

#askleo #router #secure

Please take the opportunity to connect and share this video with your friends and family if you find it useful.