Best practice to secure your home network

Home network needs one or more wired/wireless routers

Typical flat topology of default ISP providing network.

Cons of default flat networking:

1 Flat networking is not secure, if one of the devices get infected that can transmit to all.

2 Average wireless signal strengthen, and it’s not strong enough for up 2000 square feet home.

3 ISP router only has basic firewall ability.

Layered and categorized your home network

Why?

1 Layered routers can provide extra security features(multi-NAT/firewall) for home network which can transfer a basic flat networking to a layered and defensive one.

2 Categorized devices are easy to manage, 2.4G router will be enable to IoT devices, e.g. printers, door cams and other old Wi-Fi ability only devices.

A secured home networking

Why?

1 A secured home networking can leverage all the features of your routes.

2 No commercial security equipment is needed.

3 A Pfsense firewall need to be deployed in between ISP router and other routers.

4 SSIDs should be hiding from router SSID broadcasting.