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Home Network Router Security Secrets

Most people who install a home network never delve inside the netherworld of security settings on their router. Who can blame them it's about as frightening as putting your hand in a shoebox full of rabid gerbils. Nevertheless, it's worth the effort if you know what you're doing.

That said, here are 10 router settings you can use to make your network more secure. For the purposes of this article, I used a popular router, the DLink DI524, to show you how to engage the features, because this router doesn't bite usually.

To use these features, you need to get inside your router and access its control panel. To do this, type the router?s internal IP address into your web browser on a computer on your network like this address for DLink routers: http://192.168.0.1. For Linksys routers, it?s http://192.168.1.1, and http://192.168.2.1 for several other brands. Check your router's manual if none of these work for you, or look for the Default Gateway IP address when you use the ipconfig /all command (mentioned in tip #5). Home Network Router Security Secrets > Turn off UPnP

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