• Set up a guest network that’s actually secure

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    Set up a guest network that’s actually secure

    By Brian Livingston

    In the computer industry, too many things that should be simple and easy are instead complicated and hard for the average person to understand. Take Wi-Fi routers — please!

    In my column on January 25, I showed you a way to protect your most essential computing devices by placing them on a different network from easy-to-hack Internet of Things devices. The trick uses two different Wi-Fi routers.

    But what if you have only one device? A cable company often installs a gateway that offers several wired Ethernet ports as well as Wi-Fi. In that case, you don’t have two devices to play with — you have just one.

    Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.4.0 (2021-02-01).