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Are you safe on shared WiFi internet connection? Know how you can be!

Are you safe on shared WiFi internet connection? Know how you can be! So you use a WiFi connection to connect your Computer, Tablet or Smartphones to the internet? While using WiFi connectivty for Internet, we need to take extra smart care and security. Well, we all know why is it necessary: So that someone else may not use for connection and data you had paid for. Moreover, it has many additional risks as we may never know when a breacher may use our WiFi (and obviously our IP address) to do illegal activities beneath our nose. The signals of our office or homely WiFi network may easily go outside the building. In that case, anyone having a WiFi enabled Smartphone or Laptop may use our WiFi connection if we have a weak security. In this article, we just thought of sharing some basic but very useful and strong tips to secure our WiFi connection from strangers and outsiders. * Basically, the WiFi routers do not come with WPA or WEP encryption enabled. If you have not ...

How does Wi-Fi work – Explained

Have you ever wondered how a Wi-Fi network works? Read it here and unfold the secrets behind working for Wi-Fi. What is Wi-Fi? A wireless technology; which can be used to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices with each-other with the help of a wireless network. The data is encoded (translated) into radio signals by the wireless adapter of a computer, and transmits the same over an antenna. Generally, the transmitting antenna is connected to   Local Area Network   ( LAN ) or   DSL connection . The signals now are received by a wireless router which decodes it again to data. Wi-Fi hotspots-   The spots or places with Wi-Fi connectivity enabled are termed as Wi-Fi hotspots. Here, one can have access to the Internet through this connection. Wi-Fi technology is widely used in providing Internet access to employees of a company, students of a class, households etc. One of the main and simplest advantage of Wi-Fi is now we do not ne...