Currently, Wi-fi is used both in homes and in offices. As significant portion of the employees of the businesses work from home, they are found to be more vulnerable to wi-fi thefts. Most offices have adequate  wi-fi security features in office premises, however, they often fail to ensure that their mobile workers have the  same kind of high protection in their homes or while they are on move. This often facilitates the easy accessibility of illegal wifi access by these wifi stealers. The survey of Sophos indicates that the businesses should focus their attention on providing  better security measures for their mobile workers.  

Graham Cluely of sophos says:
"Stealing Wi-Fi internet access may feel like a victimless crime, but it deprives ISPs of revenue. Furthermore, if you’ve hopped onto your next door neighbors’ wireless broadband connection to illegally download movies and music from the net, chances are that you are also slowing down their internet access and impacting on their download limit,"

Further he commented:
"For this reason, most ISPs put a clause in their contracts ordering users not to share access with neighbours – but it’s very hard for them to enforce this."

For better wi-fi security, Sophos suggests that proper encryption is used so that intruders cannot access your wireless connection to steal vital information like usernames, passwords and other personal information. Wi-fi connections without proper encryption is also vulnerable to malware which can potentially damage your system and steal anything from your PC. As far as configuring wireless router and other wireless hardware, it carries much more importance than anything so proper configuration of your wireless router often saves you from wifi thefts.

Other safety tips can also help you a great deal. When you choose a password, make sure it is not easy to crack so choose a strong password carefully. There is an inherent feature in your wireless router that can often safeguard you from wi-fi thefts. It is very simple and all you have to do is turn on the feature of comparing the MAC address of the devices in your wireless router. This will often prevent your wireless connection from being illegally used by other devices which are not in the list encrypted in your wireless router. Make sure SSID which bears the name of your wifi network is confidential and also choose a SSID which cannot be easily guessed by anyone.

There is another feature in a few wireless routers often protect you when you are offline. They allow you to deactivate the wireless access when you are not using it so you can make sure your wifi connection is completely secure when you are offline.  

The 4-port 10/100 meg Ethernet switch provides ports for video, VoIP and for future use. Its routing capacity allows large applications to run smoothly and enable superb voice quality when you use VoIP.

Be Box also offers Wi-fi access with its 802.11 g interface which enables the PC to connect both with wire and without wires.

As far as security features are concerned, Be Box comes with firewall, capacity to guard your system from DoS attacks that include IP smurfing, fraggle, tear-drop and SYN Flood. It also has the feature to filter unwanted URLS using proper settings.

If you use Be Box modem to wifi your home or office, it provides excellent coverage area of 50 meters in outdoors and 20 meters indoors when you use 802.11bg standard. However, you  will get better coverage when 802.11b is used.

Although you have an option to go for your own wireless router to wifi your home or office, getting a wireless router from your ISP have some advantages:

• Wireless routers are a bit expensive when compared with standard modem or wired router. When you offer a free wireless router, it  saves money up to 50.
• Wireless routers supplied by your broadband providers are usually pre-configured with optimized settings. This makes the installation of routers simpler and easier.
• If you have problems with your wireless router/wireless connection, the technical support will be provided by your ISP.
• There may be options to upgrade your wireless router with your ISP. Although, you may need to spend a little for it, it is worth spending as you will get advanced features

Currently, almost, all major UK ISPs include wireless routers with their packages. Sometimes, you have the option to buy them from your ISP, however, at cheaper price. For example, UK Online offers Netgear Wireless router for 49.99 which is compatible with their ADSL+2 connection.

However, most ISPs would not charge anything for wireless routers when you take up a high-end package or you commit to a 12 month or 18 month contract. Be, the superfast broadband provider offers Be Box modem which you have to return to them when you leave them. BT, the largest broadband supplier in UK offers their Black Hub which is free for their Option 2 and Option 3 customers. There are such similar free offers of wireless routers from Pipex too.

Visit broadbandsuppliers.co.uk to know more details.