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• How to lock down your wireless network

  If you operate a wireless network for your home or business, it's important to ward it against opportunistic hackers seeking to steal your data or hijack your Wi-Fi for their own nefarious purposes. We spoke to Steven Andrés, CTO of security consulting firm Special Ops Security, to learn about the best ways to lock down your Wi-Fi. To get started, you'll need to log in to your router's administrative console by typing the router's IP address into your Web browser's address bar. Most routers use a common address like 192.168.1.1, though alternatives like 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.2.1 are also common. Check the manual that came with your router to determine the correct IP address; if you've lost your manual, you can usually find the appropriate IP address on the manufacturer's website.

• Juniper adds OpenFlow to its routers, switches

  Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.

• How to: Choosing the right SMB switches and routers

  It isn’t just enterprise and campus networks dealing with an exponential growth in traffic: Small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) face similar challenges but are forced to tackle IT problems with fewer resources and much tighter budgets.
  

• Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper

  Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper.

• Cisco aims for a go-anywhere router

  Cisco Systems made its fortune selling routers for the cores of enterprise and service-provider networks, but now the company is sending its technology farther from those cozy confines than ever before.

• How we tested Cloud management services

  Abiquo: We installed their virtual appliance from ISO in two VMs on an ESXi server. On the first VM, we selected the Abiquo <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/server.html">Server</a>, Abiquo Remote Services, and Abiquo V2V Conversion Services for installation.

• IETF mulls IPv6 for home networking

  The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes.

• Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip

  Alcatel-Lucent is charting a course to the next generation of carrier routers with new silicon that is focused today on delivering services from the edge of a network but could also power a massive packet engine for the core.

• Cisco adds IPv6 migration features to routers

  Cisco this week rolled out products and services designed to ease the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for enterprise customers.

• AusCERT 2011: Routing systems 'based on gossip'

  IT managers are under threat from routing systems that are providing easy access for fraudsters, the Chief Scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has claimed.

• Juniper rolls out latest Cisco challenge

  Juniper Networks this week is rolling out its first dedicated line of enterprise edge routers, a collection of products that borrow technology from the company's powerful service provider routers and that will give customers a new alternative to Cisco ASR gear.

• Why you shouldn't worry about switching to IPv6 now

  A lot of coverage of IPv6 over the past few years gives the impression that you need to switch to IPv6 soon. That's not necessarily the case, though, especially for a consumer or a small business.

• Telstra fixes US link issues

  Fixes made to a core router in the United States have solved many of the browsing issues Telstra customers may have experienced when visiting websites based in the country over the past week and a half, according to the telco.

• Cisco urged to fold more than Flip

  Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-cisco-shutter-flip.html?hpg1=bn">challenging consumer market</a>, industry watchers say.

• Juniper merges network core elements to cut carrier costs

  Juniper Networks is developing a massive switch that could replace traditional IP (Internet Protocol) routers in the core of service-provider networks and combine optical and electronic technologies that today exist in separate systems with dedicated staffs.