The Wi-Fi password is, without a doubt, one of the most important things within any wireless network, and for a very simple reason, it is the only thing that prevents unwanted guests from enteringunless we have activated other barriers such as the MAC filtering.
This means that the security of our Internet connection It will depend on the strength of the Wi-Fi password. A weak or insecure password is equivalent to not locking the door at home, and the consequences can end up being terrible, I tell you from experience, since I myself suffered an intrusion a few years ago.
At first I didn’t realize I had an intruder on my Wi-Fi network because I didn’t think any of my neighbors would be able to sneak in, but how wrong was I. In the end, after several weeks with performance problems and such a high ping and inexplicable that prevented me from enjoying my favorite online games, and after several calls to Ono to make sure it wasn’t her thing, I decided to investigate the list of connected devices offered by the router, and i met the intruder. He was a neighbor, yes, and the truth is that I was shocked.
It didn’t take me long to solve the problem, but I will never forget the bad experience I hadnor the weeks with a disastrous Internet connection that I had to put up with because this friend of the alien was stealing my bandwidth.
How to change Wi-Fi password
It is a very simple process, you just have to enter the interface of your router by entering “http://192.168.0.1/” in your internet browser. You will enter the login section to access the interface of your router, so you will need to enter the username and password. If you have not changed them, they will be the ones that were configured by default. You can contact your Internet provider or the support of the manufacturer of your router if you have any questions.
Once you enter the interface of your router you have to follow these steps:
- Look for the section dedicated to WLAN or Wi-Fi. The name may change depending on the router you use.
- You should come to a tab listing the name of the networks your Wi-Fi connection uses, usually two, one on the 2.4 GHz band and one on the 5 GHz band.
- Just below the names, the section dedicated to the passwords of each network should appear, which are usually hidden.
- To change the passwords you will only have to delete the ones you were using and enter the new ones. You can have a different password for each connection of each band, if you deem it necessary.
- When you have entered the new passwords you just have to accept (save the changes) and that’s it.
- Keep in mind that changing passwords will disconnect all devices that were using your Wi-Fi connection, and you’ll need to reconnect them by entering the new password.
Why should you change the Wi-Fi password?
Changing the Wi-Fi password is the best way to reinforce the security of our Internet connection. It would be like using a more resistant door and a stronger lock to prevent intruders from sneaking into the house, with the added advantage that in this case it is something that will not take more than a minute, and on top of that it will be free.
Something as simple as changing the Wi-Fi password that is configured by default to another more secure password can make a huge difference, since those tend to fall easily with brute force attacks. On the other hand, we must also bear in mind that when changing the Wi-Fi password we will also be ejecting any intruder that we have connected to our wireless network.
said intruder you will have to enter the new password when you want to reconnectand if we have used a long password combining numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters and introducing special characters, it will be very difficult.
