At present, it is normal for each person to have at home a wifi router to be able to connect to the internet through your mobile devices or laptops.
However, it is possible that the connection is weak or slow and one of the probable reasons is that other users are accessing your internet. For this reason, it is advisable to set a password on your router so that only those people who know the password can access it.
Unfortunately, router passwords can be easily obtained with certain computer tools and applications. Due to this it is recommended to place a key that is difficult to crack.
Many people make the mistake of setting common, easy-to-guess passwords as favorite names, dates, or objects. Similarly, plain-word passwords are also easy to crack.
To prevent malicious users from trying to penetrate the security of our password, we must bear in mind that it must be complex and for this we will mention which are the passwords that should not be used on a Wi-Fi network.
Short passwords
Must avoid entering short passwords at all costs. The minimum allowed is 8 characters but we must always ensure that our password has more characters. You must choose long passwords always, since the longer these are, the more difficult they will be to hack.
Common or everyday passwords
No matter how long a password is, it can be quite useless if it is any famous or very popular phrase. Avoid putting phrases from songs, brand slogans or religious prayers, since piracy software is very advanced and will be able to quickly crack these types of passwords.
The ideal is to establish keys that are as random as possible, interleaving characters, numbers and letters, making a combination of lowercase and uppercase.
Well-written passwords
Although this may be squeaky for many people, the most recommended is misspell the words, or substitute some letters for numbers that act as such. An example of this could be: “M3 gu $ tan lo $ hela2” instead of writing “I like ice creams”
Common combinations
Even if you have set a password that includes a combination of alphanumeric values, it may still be weak and easy to break. Avoid using these types of combined passwords: password12345, 1234abcd, admin, 12345678 …
How to change my password
In case the password of your Wi-Fi router is similar to one of those mentioned above, you should change it as soon as possible.
You should not worry if your password is currently weak, because you can change it as many times as you want to strengthen it more and more. To change the password of your router you must follow a series of simple steps that we will list below:
Access the router
From our mobile or computer we will have to access the router settings. For this we will have to open the browser and type the IP address. Generally it is usually one of these: 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1, 192.168.2.1
Enter username and password
Once we enter the IP address, the router will ask you to enter the username and password to prevent another person from accessing the settings of your router.
If you have not changed these values, you can check them on the label that the router has on its back, otherwise you can reset the router pressing the reset button for 30 seconds. Generally the user is admin and the password is admin.
Go to the wireless settings of the router
Being inside the router, we will have to access the Wireless Settings of the same to later be able to access the security section.
Change wifi password
Once in the security tab we will have to locate the option to “password” and there you can enter a new password.
Choose the type of security
There are three types of wireless encryption: WEP, WPA and WPA2. This last setting is the most secure of all, however it is not compatible with all devices, but any of the other settings may work fine.
Set the name of the Wi-Fi network
Once you agree with all the previous configurations, you will have to define your username. Try to use a name that does not reveal information that could be used to hack your Wi-Fi.