Wireless technology just changed everything from crappy wires to easy
portable network, but still every good thing brings something painful
right with it so people face many Wi-Fi problems and we are just going
to discus the most common 10 problem people usually face with their
Wi-Fi. Well we have some easy solutions that might solve your problem.
#1. I cannot connect to my router, How do I resolve this ?
This
is the major problem with many causes and can hit any kind of router no
matter it’s the expensive one or just a normal one.
- If
this problem occurs to you make sure that your router is configured to
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If its is just try to
disable and re-enable it.
- The second thing you can try is disabling the WEP security, because this security can interfere and drop your IP address.
- The
last thing you can check for are the electrical interference something
like microwave, alarm clock or any other thing that be interfering with
your Wi-Fi router so disabling those devices may help you out.
If
you are still not able to get your laptop connected to the router than
you can simply reboot your router and computer and than restart again to
see if now its working.
#2. What steps should I take to secure my Wi-Fi network ?
This
is the normal question that arises in everyone’s mind when they first
purchase a new router and get a new broadband connection fit in their
house. They just want no outside intruder can access their connection
except them so normally there are some steps you can take officially to
protect your Wi-Fi Network.
- Wi-Fi Router normally comes
with a WEP and WPA security encryption in which WPA is the best as it
allows you to add numbers and words for premium security. Now to enable
this security go to router administrator page by accessing 192.168.0.1
or 192.168.1.1, now under Wireless Security click on enable WPA and add
your key and than press save and your router will reboot.
- The
second thing you can do is Disabling the SSID (Service Set Identifier)
broadcasting, so that hackers are not able to see my Wi-Fi network and
this will some relief.
- The third can be done is too enable the router’s hardware firewall, that will block any suspicious connection.
- The last thing you can do is to disable the file sharing option for optimum security.
#3. How do I open ports on my router ?
Many
functions and applications like personal web server, online gaming, IP
Webcams, FTP Servers require you to open ports on your router to allow
outside request to be sent to an internal computer on a home network.
Well this procedure is called port forwarding and is pretty simple and
can be done on any router with slight change in steps.
Open your
router’s administrative page and find the label called Port Forwarding.
Now just enter the service name and type your start port and end port
numbers. If you are opening only one port than enter same numbers in
both fields. Now select TCP as the protocol and click on OK. You can
even check your routers website for more detailed instructions.
#4. How to I extend range of my wireless signal ?
Well
this is just a long matter of discussion and many ideas can go wrong
but still people try to experiment and come up with some innovative
concepts on getting your signal pumped up.
#5. How to automatically connect to a Wi-Fi network ?
Sometimes
you just want to connect to any network available in your area or maybe
somewhere outside, it can be like that Wi-Fi connection does not have
any security enabled and its is allowing you to connect but you just
want that when ever you are in that range you are connected
automatically than follow below steps.
- Go to Control Panel > Network Connections, now right click on your wireless network.
- Now click Properties > Wireless Networks > Advanced.
- Now check out if Radio button next to any preferred network is on just change it too any NON-Preferred network.
- Now you will automatically connect to any network in your wireless range.
#6. Which wireless channel should I use ?
Wireless
802.11b and 802.11g routers have at-least 11 channels and some routers
come with 6 channel as default. Now if you are experiencing any problems
or interference with your neighbor's router. So you can change your
wireless channel to avoid any interference, well you can change your
channel by going to routers administrator page and than under wireless
settings option choose channels and switch to anything else from 1 - 11.
#7. How do I share files on a wireless network ?
You
can share files between your computers over a wireless network easily
by just configuring it to one workgroup. Now enable file sharing in
Windows. Now just right click on the folder you want to share and choose
sharing and security from the right context menu and click on sharing
tab. Now put check in the folder labeled "Share this folder on a
network" and "Allow network users to change my files" to enable other to
modify your documents.
#8. Should I allow other people to access my Wi-Fi Service ?
Wi-Fi
sharing does not have any potential harm but still some dirty minds can
crack out your back, so its recommended that you should not share your
internet connection with any stranger or outside intruder. Now if you
still want to share your internet connection make sure your firewall is
one and file sharing is disabled.
#9. Should I worry about packet sniffer's ?
Well
obviously yes packet sniffers can sniff out all the activity you are
attempting on that particular Wi-Fi connection, they can read your
emails, check out which websites are you visiting and pretty much
everything attempted on non secure network, but well yes they will not
be able to see your transaction over a HTTPS secured network, so your
bank transactions and other e-commerce purchase are still secured.
Well to make this much more secured you can use a VPN network and than you will hide everything from them.
#10. What is a router’s hardware firewall ?
Router’s
hardware firewall simply protects your incoming and outgoing
connections, so it includes a Network Address Translation (NAT)
capabilities that will make your PC invisible to anyone trying to attack
it. So now if you enable a hardware firewall you do not need to have
any third party firewall enabled on your PC.
So these were pretty
much 10 common problem a person might face using there Wi-Fi network,
but well obviously they all have some solution :)
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