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Wireless Network Configuration

Mobile Voice HSPA+ Broadband 11n Wireless Router MVBR1210C

Wireless Security Options

Indoors, computers can connect over 802.11n wireless networks at a maximum range of up

to 300 feet. Such distances can allow others outside your immediate area to access your

network.

Unlike wired network data, your wireless data tr

ansmissions can extend beyond your walls

and can be received by anyone with a compatible adapter. For this reason, use the security

features of your wireless equipment. The Mobile Voice HSPA+ Broadband 11n Wireless

Router provides highly effective security features, which are covered in detail in this chapter.

Deploy the security features appropriate to your needs.

Each router is preconfigured for WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed mode and comes with

a unique

SSID and passphrase.

There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network:

Wireless Data

Security Options

Range: up to 300 feet radius

1) Open system: easy but no security

2) MAC access list: no data security

3) WEP: security but some performance impact

4) WPA-PSK: strong security

5) WPA2-PSK: very strong security

MVBR1210C

Figure 3. Wireless security

• Restrict access based on MAC address. You can allow only trusted computers to

connect so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the router. Restricting

access by MAC address adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but

the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.

• Turn off the broadcast of the wireless network name (SSID). If

you disable broadcast

of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. This nullifies wireless

network “discovery” feature of some products, such as Windows XP, but the data is still

exposed.

• WEP. Wired Equivale

nt Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP

Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption block all but the most determined

eavesdropper. This data encryption mode has been superseded by WPA-PSK and

WPA2-PSK.

• WPA-PSK (TKIP), WPA2-PSK (AES).

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) uses a pre-shared

key to perform authentication and generate the initial data encryption keys. The very

strong authentication along with dynamic per frame rekeying of WPA makes it virtually

impossible to compromise.

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