Is my network secure enough now?!?

I've set up a wireless network at home for the first time, having hopefully read up enough on security to make this a 'safe' proposition. What I'd like to know is, having taken these steps, can I consider my wireless network to be fully secure to all intents and purposes (given that I'm just an ordinary person living in a low-population density suburb (rather than, say, a corporate user at high risk of attack)?

I have a Linksys WRT54G router connected to always-on broadband, and have taken the following steps:

  1. Changed the router admin login details from the default
  2. Changed the default SSID
  3. Disabled SSID broadcast
  4. Enabled MAC filter (ie only the MAC address of my laptop is allowed to connect wirelessly)
  5. Enabled WPA-TKIP encryption (with Group renewal every 3600 seconds, whatever that means!)
  6. Enabled Windows XP firewall on all PCs (plus the router's hardware firewall).

Does this sound reasonable? Should I really worry about accessing online banking wirelessly for example, any more than when accessing it from a wired PC?

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Posted 5 years ago by Lobster in Wireless Networking

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