The company where Derek works has tasked him with setting up and securing a SOHO router. He wants to make sure the wireless network is secure and that no unauthorized person can gain access to the network. What is the first step Derek should perform to secure the wireless router?

Change default user name and password is the first step that should be performed by Derek to secure the wireless router

The device that helps in accessing internet or to any private computer network is the wireless router. It is a devices that acts as the access point which is wireless in nature. There are many steps involved in securing  the wireless router. If the wireless router is not secured then it will be used by others without our knowledge.

In order to secure the wireless router firstly we should create our won password and username deleting the default username and password.To do this, we must open router setting page and change the default username and password with our own. The SSID name of the network must also be changed.

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