Simple Steps for Securing Your Home Wi-Fi Connection

*Disclaimer: This article is for informative purposes and those that follow the instructions given without decent knowledge of what they are doing will be held solely responsible for any mistakes made. This article is to be used as a virtual template as to how to set your personal home router's security settings. Each router is different and the user should read the instructions that came with his/her equipment before making various changes to their system. If you are not comfortable with changing your encryption key or anything else listed in this article, then please seek the help of a professional first. I will in no way be held responsible for any problems you may create or mistakes you may make on your own part.*

No matter whether you live in a big city or a quiet town, if you have a Wi-Fi connection in your home then you should try to secure it from intruders. A home Wi-Fi connection is basically a home wireless router or other wireless device, such as a wireless modem, to connect your computer or computers to the internet in your home. The problem with not securing your Wi-Fi properly is that anyone could possibly "jump" on your internet connection and use it for whatever they want. This means if someone in your neighborhood, or even someone sitting outside in their car, decides to use your wireless connection to look for kiddie porn on the internet you may be the one left "holding the bag". In other words, if a person uses your connection for this purpose and the police investigate, they may end up beating down your door and confiscating your computers because the IP address was generated from your internet service provider (ISP).