To Change the default password on your Linksys wireless router:
1. Login to your router with the default password. To do so, open your web browser and type in the following IP address exactly as you see it here:
192.168.1.1
The SSID broadcast setting determines if your router actively broadcasts its name. After initial configuration of the wireless network, this setting should be disabled.(For better security please make sure you’ve already changed the router’s name from the default factory setting of linksys to a different name). If the SSID Broadcast setting is enabled, then computers looking for a wireless network in the range of your router will be able to see your router and the name or ID of your router, and thus know that a wireless router is available.If the SSID Broadcast is disabled, however, computers in range may be able to know that there is a wireless router in range, but they will NOT know the name of the wireless network. If the name of the network is not know, it is much more difficult to gain access to the network, and the prospective hacker will hopefully look for an easier target. Remember, multiple levels of wireless security should used with the goal that combining many methods of security will maintain the safety of your network, and disabling the SSID broadcast is one of these levels.
When you first get your wireless router, you may be very excited to get started with enjoying browsing the internet and checking your email from the comfort of your living room couch. Before you go “live” with your wireless setup, however, make sure you take these few steps to ensure security on your wireless network.
When purchasing a router for your wireless network, you will be presented with a large number of different options from different vendors.
The first thing you need to do is to choose the type of wireless router you will use.
In general you can choose from Wireless-B, Wireless-G, and Wireless-PreN. The differences among these three technologies are very subtle, with the slowest being wireless B and the fastest being Wireless Pre-N. It would seem like an easy decision to make to select the Wireless Pre-N as the fastest technology ‘must’ be the best. In fact this assumption is not correct.