You find out that many people are losing their internet connection, your neighbors know that you still enjoy the connection and your connection starts to slow down. In that situation, you need to know how to hide your Wi-Fi network signal to prevent your internet from being stolen.
Don’t worry, we will tell you in simple steps how to hide it and as an extra bonus; You will know how you can protect it with a password. First we’ll go over some terms you should know.
What you should know
Router or router. It is a device that does not have a direct connection to the telephone line, so it does not decipher the internet signal, it is responsible for expanding the signal, directing the data to the devices connected to the network, sharing the same network. Even cell phones can be used as a wifi router to share the internet. Wireless. Wireless. It refers to communications that do not need a physical medium, such as cables.
How to hide the signal of your WiFi network
First we will copy the parameters or data found in the router. Specifically an internet address with your username and password. This information is usually located on the back (bottom) of the equipment on a label. To make it easier, you can take a photo.
- You will open the browser of your choice.
- In the address bar you are going to write the data to access the IP of the router, it can be a number or http:// address. For example, if the equipment belongs to tp-link, http://tplinklogin.net will appear on the label, pressing the enter key will bring up a window that asks for the username and password.
- In these fields you will write the data provided by the router label. For example, in tp-link it is usually: Username: admin and password: admin.
- If you cannot enter because it reflects an incorrect username or password message, this is because you had previously assigned your own password and username. If it was a long time ago and you don’t remember it, don’t worry, there is a solution…! On the back of the router there is a discreet button that says Reset, you are going to press it for 5 seconds while it is on. Now if you can place the default data.
- Entering the tp-link interface, select Wireless and then Wireless Settings (we will modify the wireless signal settings).
- Uncheck the box that says Enabled SSID Broadcast (Here you are turning off the visibility of the signal, making it invisible).
- To validate the changes, press save or save. Some red letters will be reflected explaining that it is necessary to restart the computer to activate the changes and at the end it tells you to touch the link that they indicate. And then you click Reboot. Wait a few seconds… and that’s it…!
Extra bonus- protect your Wi-Fi network.
At this point your network is already invisible to neighbors and everyone. You can do the test and use any device and try to find your WiFi, if you know the name of your network you will be surprised that it no longer appears in the list of possible signals… and if it appears it will indicate out of range.
Suppose your neighbor can no longer see your signal, but knows your network name and password. No problem… Repeat the steps to enter the router IP again.
- Once inside go to Wireless Security
- Check the WPA/WPA2 box
- In password put your password. (Remember to place the key that is difficult to decipher between 8 to 63 characters as indicated and that you cannot forget.)
- Press the save button and then they will indicate the button to restart, validating the changes, wait a few seconds and that’s it!
You already have your WiFi network shielded against intruders and invisible. For the explanation we take the tp-link interface as a reference, it has many advantages to configure it and increase your wireless network, in other equipment the parameters may vary a little… We advise you, if this is your case, to guide yourself by terms such as wireless, if not visible to the naked eye can be found within the advanced tab. We hope it has been very useful to you and you can sleep peacefully. If you want to share your experience, write us..!
