3. (INT) - How To Secure Your Home Router

1.  Enable and use encryption on your network - Chose WPA2 or WPA3 (New).  Older routers use WPA and WEP and are outdated.

2.  Change the Routers home address.  Many routers out of the box have the same home addres.  If you change the address, this makes it more difficult and time consuming to hyjack your configuration

3. Change the routers preset default passwords
            Change the wifi network password
            Change the router admin password

4. Keep your router up to date

5.  Turn off Remote management, WPS & Universal Plug and Play features

6.  Setup a guest password - different from your main password.  Don't leave blank

Note:   The information in this article is general in nature and not specific to any modem brand.  This is because every router manufacturer has a different process for configuring their device.