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Wi-Fi and network security

Wi-Fi and network security

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Wi-Fi and network security

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- [Narrator] Most of us rely on Wi-Fi at home to connect our devices to the internet. When do we do so, it's important to know how the network is set up and to take steps to keep it as secure as possible. Securing a wireless network can be a little trickier than securing a wired network. With a purely wired network, we can run wire where we want to and avoid putting it where we don't want it. But with Wi-Fi, the signal spreads out from the Wi-Fi access point through walls, through windows, through floors. So we don't know what devices are in range of this network. And that's why we need to ensure that our Wi-Fi network is secure. To do this, we'll enable a security setting on the network, meaning that information sent over the air is encrypted and protected by a password or passphrase that we determine. This helps prevent others from reading our wireless traffic that isn't intended for them. Setting up a wireless…

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