10/05/2026
Nowadays, almost everyone has Wi-Fi in their office, right?
It has become commonplace now.
We all have so many wireless devices that we use daily, it’s almost mandatory that there’s a wi-fi signal available for us to use our wireless devices.
But how secure is your wireless router?
In case you have no idea what a router is, let me quickly describe what it is.
The router is the device that gives you your Internet.
It's basically the “traffic cop” for your network that directs traffic between your devices and the internet and plays an important role in keeping your network secure.
Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) installs all the equipment you need to get up and running on the internet. They usually give you everything, right?
The Wi-Fi name.
Wi-Fi password (usually printed on the side of the router).
And all the router information, including the admin credentials to access the router’s internal settings to make whatever changes are needed for that router.
Here’s what most businesses forget to do.
They never make any changes to those default settings.
Why is this important? Well, anyone with the default login credentials for your ISP’s router can easily log in and make whatever changes they want to your router.
And it's relatively easy to figure out the default login.
Just do a Google search, and it’ll give you the default admin login for your ISP's router.
Try it for yourself and see what you discover. You'll be surprised.
This isn’t to scare you, but rather to make you aware.
If your office hasn't done so already, it'll be a good idea to change the default admin credentials on your Wi-Fi router.
For the DIY folks out there, you can figure out how to do this yourself. There is lots of info on the internet on how to get access to the web interface of your router.
You can also have your IT person handle this for you, if they haven't already done so.
However, if you're unsure and would like to have someone look into this for your office, reach out or send us a message. We can take a look at that for you.
To your technology success, from your favorite IT guy.
