Chapter 3 Protecting Your Wireless Connection
The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes wireless links vulnerable to information theft. This chapter describes how to use the basic security features of the MA101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter to protect your connection.
Enabling Basic Wireless Security Features
There are several ways you can strengthen the security of your wireless connection.
•Enable Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption of the wireless data communications. For information on WEP, please see “Authentication and WEP Encryption” on page 37.
•Change the factory default SSID setting of the MA101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter.
In addition to the MA101 wireless security features, you should also configure appropriate LAN network security features such as requiring a user name and password to access the shared resources in your network.
At a minimum, configure your wireless network to use an SSID other than the default setting.The procedures below identify how to change the SSID and WEP encryption settings of your MA101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter.
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