{"id":41,"date":"2026-09-13T02:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T02:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/2026\/09\/13\/choosing-and-securing-a-business-router\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:41:25","slug":"choosing-and-securing-a-business-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/2026\/09\/13\/choosing-and-securing-a-business-router\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing and securing a business router"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>\n<p>The router is the front door to your business network, yet it is often left on default settings for years. Choosing a good one and configuring it properly is a quick security win.<\/p>\n<h2>What to look for<\/h2>\n<p>Choose a model with WPA3 support, automatic firmware updates, a guest network, VPN features and a clear commitment from the vendor about how long it will receive security updates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-diagram-1-1024x358.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing and securing a business router\" class=\"wp-image-148\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-diagram-1-1024x358.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-diagram-1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-diagram-1-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-diagram-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Illustration: Choosing and securing a business router<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Secure it<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the default administrator username and password<\/li>\n<li>Turn off remote administration unless you truly need it<\/li>\n<li>Use WPA3 or WPA2 with a long passphrase<\/li>\n<li>Disable features you do not use, such as old plug-and-play options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Separate your devices<\/h2>\n<p>Put visitors and smart devices, such as cameras and TVs, on separate networks from your work computers. If one is compromised, the attacker cannot easily reach the rest. Check for firmware updates regularly and replace routers that are no longer supported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Key takeaway: change the defaults, keep the firmware current and separate your networks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The router is the front door to your business network, yet it is often left on default settings for years. Choosing a good one and configuring it properly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/business-router-hero-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mosravo.com\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}