CHAPTER 7 Wireless Configuration
WLAN Security
◆Access Policy — The Wireless Broadband Router provides a MAC address filtering facility. The access policy can be set to allow or reject specific station MAC addresses. This feature can be used to connect known wireless devices that may not be able to support the configured security mode.
◆Add a station MAC — Enter the MAC address of the station that you want to filter. MAC addresses must be entered in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
WLAN SECURITY
The Wireless Broadband Router’s wireless interface is configured by default as an “open system,” which broadcasts a beacon signal including the configured SSID. Wireless clients with a configured SSID of “ANY” can read the SSID from the beacon, and automatically set their SSID to allow immediate connection to the wireless network.
To implement wireless network security, you have to employ one or both of the following functions:
◆Authentication — It must be verified that clients attempting to connect to the network are authorized users.
◆Traffic Encryption — Data passing between the unit and clients must be protected from interception and eavesdropping.
The Wireless Broadband Router supports supports ten different security mechanisms that provide various levels of authentication and encryption depending on the requirements of the network.
Click on “Wireless Settings,” followed by “Basic”.
Figure 30: Security Mode Options
The supported security mechanisms and their configuration parameters are described in the following sections:
◆OPEN, SHARED,
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