subject: Why You Need To Have Your Wireless Auburn Internet Secured [print this page] If you have auburn internet installed in your home you need to make sure that any wireless connections off of that internet are secured against outside users. If you arent too familiar with WiFi and how it works, basically anyone in your area can gain access to your internet through it if they know your password or simply by pressing connect if there is no password. Getting a wireless connection to where it is secure against other users is quick and easy if you know what you are doing.
Several different encryption types exist but they all make it so people cant access your internet easily. When your connection has been successfully encrypted you are going to have to enter a password each time a new device wants to connect to it. Even though it is a little more work for you, only those you trust will be able to use your Internet connection.
There are plenty of reasons why it is important to keep others out of your connection but the most important reason is because they will slow your connection down if they are using it too heavily. This means things will take longer to load and you wont enjoy going on the Internet as much anymore.
If knowing that your connection could end up becoming really slow and unusable is not enough to persuade to you to secure it knowing that you could end up in jail probably will. Crimes can be committed over the Internet and when they are they can be tracked back to the connection that the criminal used. When they trace it back they will be led right to you and you will have to explain yourself to the authorities which is never fun to do.
This includes downloading copyrighted files illegally, distributing or downloading child pornography or any other illegal actions that will be reacted to very harshly. You are going to be the one taking the heat for the crimes not the people around you because even if you can prove that you are innocent they will come to visit you first.
Even though you didnt commit the crime it doesnt mean you wont be held responsible. If others commit the crime one your network you could be held responsible for not securing it like the man over in Germany was. All wireless connections over in the United Kingdom are required to be secured and that requirement is mandated by the law.
If you are not sure how to do the procedure yourself you can hire a professional to take care of it for you or simply request to have your Internet Service Provider to put a password on when they give you a wireless network to work with.
Although it is a little extra work it is very important to secure your Auburn internet connection and it really isnt that hard to do either.
