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Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG102

3-4 Basic Installation and Configuration

November 2005

Understanding WG102 Wireless Security Options

Your wireless data transmissions can be received well beyond your walls by anyone with a

compatible adapter. For this reason, use the security features of your wireless equipment. The

WG102 Access Point provides highly effective security features which are covered in detail in this

chapter. Deploy the security features appropriate to your needs.

Figure 3-1: WG102 wireless data security options

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

• Use Multiple BSSIDs combined with VLANs. You can configure combinations of VLANS

and BSSIDs with stronger or less restrictive access security according to your requirements.

For example, visitors could be given wireless Internet access but be excluded from any access

to your internal network.

• Restrict Access Based on MAC address. You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that

unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the WG102. MAC address filtering 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 the wireless

network ‘discovery’ feature of some products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully

exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test equipment like wireless sniffers.

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