- Jan 26, 2012
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I am looking to increase my home network security. while I am very cautious, my sister seems to always have a virus on her system, without having any clue as to the severity/risk presented. The multitude of wifi devices which only makes matters worse.
I am looking for a way to protect myself from them, and I am also hoping I can find a way to guard the network to prevent them from downloading bogus software & malware, or at least make sure virus scans/etc. are up to date. going to each individual pc is not something I have time for.
current topology: modem-->wifi router-->network
the modem only has one port. I may be able to use a secondary router as a bridge for the wifi traffic, but I don't think this buys me anything. it would be nice to be able to share media across the network without worrying.
my router is a fairly new tp-link model.
a hardware firewall is probably out of range at this point.
we basically have 4 users on 6 pc's, 4 phones, several ipods, 2 wifi printers.
thank you to all who can reply and give some insight!
I am looking for a way to protect myself from them, and I am also hoping I can find a way to guard the network to prevent them from downloading bogus software & malware, or at least make sure virus scans/etc. are up to date. going to each individual pc is not something I have time for.
current topology: modem-->wifi router-->network
the modem only has one port. I may be able to use a secondary router as a bridge for the wifi traffic, but I don't think this buys me anything. it would be nice to be able to share media across the network without worrying.
my router is a fairly new tp-link model.
a hardware firewall is probably out of range at this point.
we basically have 4 users on 6 pc's, 4 phones, several ipods, 2 wifi printers.
thank you to all who can reply and give some insight!
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