Check Network Security

• Step 1: Go to Control Panel → Network and Internet.

• Step 2: Click on Network Sharing Center.
• Step 3: Double-click on the name of the Wi-Fi.

• Step 4: A Wi-Fi Status pop-up box opens up →Wireless properties.

• Step 5: In the connection tab in Wi-Fi Wireless Network Properties uncheck the checkbox ‘connect automatically when this network is in range’.

• Step 6: Go to the Security tab in the Wi-Fi Wireless Network Properties.

If the security type has ‘No authentication’ and the Encryption type is None then the network is unsecured and if the security type has WPA2 – Personal or any of the shown Encryption types is AES That means that you are connected to a secured connection.

Wireless networks are a kind of computer networks that are connected to each other by radio waves and not via cables of any type i.e., they use Radio Frequency (RF) Technology. Wireless networks are used to connect devices such as mobile phones, laptops, Smart TVs, or Smart Home Appliances to each other and to the Internet. Through the application of Wireless networks, the user is allowed to access the Internet without using cables, such that the user stays connected to the network but is not tethered to any wire, thus increasing mobility and range of connectivity of the network. In short radio waves simply function as wires without the physical restrictions of wires.