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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

2-2 Safeguarding Your Network

v1.0, February 2008

NETGEAR recommends using WEP with Shared Key authentication. Do not run an unsecured

wireless network unless it is your intention to provide free Internet access for the public.

WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK

encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause significant

performance degradation with a slow computer.

The WNDR3300 router provides two screens for configuring the wireless settings, the basic

Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Setup in the main menu (“Changing Basic

Wireless Settings” on page 2-5), and the advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access

under Advanced (“Changing Basic Wireless Settings” on page 2-5).

Basic security options are listed in order of increasing effectiveness in Table 2-1. Other features

that affect security are listed in Table 2-2. For more details on wireless security methods, click the

link to the online document “Wireless Networking Basics” in Appendix B.

Note: NETGEAR recommends that you change the administration password of your

router. Default passwords are well known, and an intruder can use your

administrator access to read or disable your security settings. For information

about how to change the administrator password, see “Changing the Administrator

Password” on page 2-19.

Figure 2-1

WNDR3300

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

Wireless data

security options

Range: up to 300 foot radius

Note: Use these with other features that enhance security (Table 2-2 on page 2-3).

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