he Internet connection has become an essential part of our day to day, it is very common to want to connect to any network that we have available, on the street, a bus or a park. This is because we always have to carry out activities that require being connected to a wireless network.
Not all networks are trusted and we can end up compromising our devices and the information we have on it. That is why, in this article, we will explain how to detect an insecure Wi-Fi network to be able to navigate with complete security.
How to know if the WIFI where you are connected is insecure? – WPA2 failure
Index( )
- How to see the security settings of a WI-FI network?
- What is the way to know if the WI-FI network to which you are connected is insecure?
- From the web browser
- In the WI-FI settings
- How to configure the WI-FI so that the connection is more secure?
- Use an intermediate router
How to see the security settings of a WI-FI network?
Having our Windows computer or device that we have on hand connected to the network , we can verify these security settings in the following way.
- With the computer turned on, we look for the ‘Start’ button.
- We go to ‘Control Panel’.
- We click on ‘View network status’.
- We locate the item ‘Change adapter configuration’.
- Select and double click ‘Wi-Fi’.
- In the ‘General’ tab, select ‘Wireless network properties’.
- Another window will be enabled, where we will click on ‘Security’.
- With this we can check the security key, network name and type of encryption.
What is the way to know if the WI-FI network to which you are connected is insecure?
We often make the mistake of connecting to public Wi-Fi networks and generally, we don’t know who might be behind it. Recently, there was a bug in the WPA2 protocols that affected many connected devices.
In this article we are going to guide you step by step to detect if the network is secure from the browser and through the WI-FI settings. In the event that you want to increase the security of your Wi-Fi network , you should learn to know who is connected to your network without having your permission.
From the web browser
If we have a web browser like Ópera, updated to its latest version , they send us an alert if the connection we want to access is not secure , in this case it will appear in the navigation bar on the left.
If we use Google Chrome, we have three information options, ‘It is safe’, ‘Information or it is not safe’, ‘It is not safe or dangerous’. In the event that the ‘It’s safe’ alert appears, we can be confident that the information we send or receive will be private.
For the alerts of ‘Information or it is not safe’, ‘It is not safe or dangerous’ we should not trust ourselves, since another user could see our information, so we recommend not placing any personal information or that involves bank account details.
In the WI-FI settings
The first thing we should do is check the factory settings, unprotected Wi-Fi networks often have outdated security protocols. We have to ask ourselves if we have changed the factory settings of the router to which we are going to connect, that is, if we change the name that the modem brings by default.
Leaving this name is already a problem, because it reveals the company we contracted for the internet and the model of the router, making it easier for hackers to access.
It is important that we check the password and the username that we have configured, if we are accessing a public network we must always take into account if it asks us for an access code , this gives us a bit of security.
This is so because not all the people who detect that network can enter, in the same way, the name of the network is important and we must make sure that it corresponds to the site from where we are entering. It would also help to know who is connected to our private network without our permission .
Another relevant aspect is to verify the security protocols, currently the WPA3 wireless protocol is waiting for it to be available for use, while WPA2 is the most secure. If the network to which we want to connect uses WPA password encryption, the network is vulnerable.
How to configure the WI-FI so that the connection is more secure?
Suppose we contracted the internet service and the modem, with the cables and connectors, has arrived by mail, but we don’t know where to start. That is why we are going to teach you everything you need to know about Wi-Fi configuration to make it safe .
Use an intermediate router
- Connect each of the cables to the respective inputs and ports, usually these connectors come in colors that indicate where each one goes.
- We turn it on and check that each of the lights turns on.
- We open the browser on our computer and write the IP addressthat is on the back of the router.
- We write the username and password, it is provided by the internet provider.
- A control panel will open on the left side of the screen.
- We change the password and the name of the wireless network.
- In the ‘Wireless’ option, we choose security, here we put the name of the network and the password.
- To change the data encryption, we recommend always using the WPA2 protocol.