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

Basic Installation and Configuration 3-4

October 2004

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:

• 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.

• Use WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption provides data security. WEP

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

eavesdropper.

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