Turn Off DHCP
The DHCP server in an access point or router automatically assigns a numeric IP address to each computer that is connected to the network. Therefore, it will also assign an IP address to an unauthorized computer that makes it through your encryption and other security tools.
On the other hand, if your network uses fixed IP addresses for each computer, and the access point or router is set to only recognize those particular addresses, the access point or router will reject a connection attempt unless the computer or other device is set to the correct address.
The most common ranges of IP addresses for a LAN are:
192.168.0.0 to 192.168.0.255
192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255
If you use a less common range of fixed IP addresses, it will be more ...
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