A Wi-Fi password is the key to protecting our internet connection. This acts as a barrier to prevent possible intruders from entering, and as a simple analogy we can consider this the equivalent of the key that keeps the door to our house closed. This analogy also allows us to understand its importance.

If the password we use for Wi-Fi is weak, it is it will make things a lot easier for intrudersand having one or more intruders on our Wi-Fi is not pleasant at all, because they can end up consuming the entire bandwidth of our network, leaving us with a very slow connection and full latency, making the experience terribly bad.

Fortunately, if we have one or more intruders in our Wi-Fi network, it is very easy to get rid of them, we just need to change the password and voila, that will be enough to prevent them from connecting again until they find out the new password. With this in mind, it’s easy to see why some users tend to change their Wi-Fi password from time to time. but is it really necessary?

It’s a good question and the truth is this it is generally not necessary, if we’re talking about private users and if we keep a modicum of common sense when it comes to password management for our Wi-Fi network. In the case of businesses, offices and public facilities where the Wi-Fi password is shared under certain conditions, it may be advisable to make frequent password changes and set limits on connection time.

However, there are also exceptions to this general rule for individual users like you and me. For example, if there is a family or friends event and you end up sharing your Wi-Fi password with a lot of people, it would be a good idea to change the same password when doneand it’s also a good idea to change your password regularly if you’ve had intruders constantly in recent months, as this may be evidence that you have an intruder nearby who knows very well how to brute force a Wi-Fi network, although apparently these cases they are not normal.

if you use strong password and if you keep it safethat means you don’t share it with people you don’t trust or do things that could make it easier for it to fall into the wrong hands, basically you have nothing to worry about and you won’t need to change it often. In my case, I had intruders on my Wi-Fi many years ago due to keeping the default password, but after changing it, I had no intruders again, and I haven’t changed that password in years.

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