What if your router is sever years old and no longer has firmware updates published? Most consumer routers only get firmware updates for about a year after their release.
On a recent trip abroad, my laptop picked up five or six wireless networks, two of which were not secured. (That’s in an apartment block with blocks either side.)
People need to change the router password and set up security or have freeloading piggybackers ‘borrowing’ their internet connection. (Cough) :
1)Allready done;
2) Same as above 8)
3) Allready the final one
4) SNMP & DMZ, don’t know about it anithing, therefore don’t use them, using a “virtual server” option in my D-Link DSL-2600U for port forwarding instead of UPNP
5) done it
P.S. in addition to suggestion Damie gave above:
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When using a wireless connection with router (i.e. WiFi), allways use the encription with it & non guesable APN