Secure DNS Settings for Your Home Network
Secure DNS Settings for Your Home Network. Learn what to check, what the result means, common mistakes, and how to verify the setup with MyIPScan.
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How to Set Up Guest Wi-Fi Safely
How to Set Up Guest Wi-Fi Safely. Learn what to check, what the result means, common mistakes, and how to verify the setup with MyIPScan.
Read guideRDP Port 3389: The Security Risk and How to Close It
RDP Port 3389: The Security Risk and How to Close It. Clear steps, checks, common mistakes, and safe next actions for reading the result without overclaiming privacy or security.
Read guideVPN Not Connecting on Public Wi-Fi: Causes and Fixes
VPN Not Connecting on Public Wi-Fi: Causes and Fixes. Learn what to check, what the result means, common mistakes, and how to verify the setup with MyIPScan.
Read guideUPnP Security Risk on Your Home Router: Should You Turn It Off?
Any device on your network can use UPnP to open ports in your router's firewall without asking. Find the toggle in the admin panel, test what breaks, and decide.
Read guideWhat Is Split Tunneling in a VPN, and When to Use It
Route chosen apps through the VPN and let printers, banking apps or streams go direct. Then check the public IP and DNS resolver from each side to catch a broken split or a DNS leak.
Read guideEvil Twin Wi-Fi Attack: How It Works and How to Spot One
A rogue hotspot can sit nearby with a stronger signal and forward your traffic so nothing looks wrong. Turn off auto-join and match the BSSID before you send anything sensitive.
Read guideHow to Open (Forward) a Port on Your Router
How to Open (Forward) a Port on Your Router. Static IP or DHCP reservation, the admin panel steps, common use cases, and how to avoid leaving unnecessary ports exposed.
Read guideHow to Safely Give Someone Remote Access to Your Computer
Before a relative, technician or caller takes over your screen, confirm who started the contact, use a one-time session tool, then remove the software and change exposed passwords.
Read guideSecure VPN Access for Remote Workers: What to Verify
Record your IP, DNS resolver and browser setup before connecting, repeat the checks on the VPN, and see why work logins and browser fingerprints carry through the tunnel unchanged.
Read guideHow to Share a VPN Connection on Windows, Mac and Phone
Turn a Windows PC or Mac into a hotspot that carries the VPN, see why Android may skip the tunnel and iPhone hotspots bypass it, then confirm the IP on the connected device.
Read guideIoT Guest Network Setup: Isolate Smart Devices
Put cameras, plugs and speakers on a separate Wi-Fi with client isolation, then ping across networks to check it holds. Isolation contains a hacked device but hides nothing from your ISP.
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